Coral ID

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Goody Thanks Danny.

I actually got confused when the LFS said its non-photosynthetic but doesn't require feeding. I was like HUH?! :P

if an lfs does tell you something is non-phot then dont buy it regardless of how little you have to feed it, or how easy it is to take care of , go home and do your own research on it first so you dont get stuck with something you cant take care of, youll have much better purchases if you do , this was a lucky one alot of times you WILL end up with somthing you cant feed or hope to feed.

good luck buddy

[mrhasan]

Totally agree to that. That's why I did a quick liveaquaria search from my cellphone over there and saw that its photosyn so grabbed it and came to this place just to clarify :P

BTW can you tell me the particular name for this? LFS said its "rare japanese purple mouth pink ganiopora".

Originally Posted by reefwars

if an lfs does tell you something is non-phot then dont buy it regardless of how little you have to feed it, or how easy it is to take care of , go home and do your own research on it first so you dont get stuck with something you cant take care of, youll have much better purchases if you do , this was a lucky one alot of times you WILL end up with somthing you cant feed or hope to feed.

good luck buddy

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Totally agree to that. That's why I did a quick liveaquaria search from my cellphone over there and saw that its photosyn so grabbed it and came to this place just to clarify :P

BTW can you tell me the particular name for this? LFS said its "rare japanese purple mouth pink ganiopora".

its a red goniopora , im sure theres a species name for it but thats its common name, google red goniopora and youll find it


japanese or not who knows...rare, its def not

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

its a red goniopora , im sure theres a species name for it but thats its common name, google red goniopora and youll find it


japanese or not who knows...rare, its def not

Damn! I thought I scored a rare species On well it looks terribly nice.

Got a red green maxi mini too! That bugger was not letting off my hand

[Mandosh]

Don't take this as a ID based on any sort of taxonomic knowledge of goniopora species, but I have seen pictures of G. planulata that look almost identical to the one you have. I'm pretty sure most of them come in from Indo though...

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Mandosh

Don't take this as a ID based on any sort of taxonomic knowledge of goniopora species, but I have seen pictures of G. planulata that look almost identical to the one you have. I'm pretty sure most of them come in from Indo though...

Yah that's what I have heard too. I will call it Indo red goniopora with purple mouth

[Zoaelite]

The two most dreaded words in this hobby, "Japanese" and "Deep Water"...

The third is "LE", all three will cost you extra...

Simply put you will be spoon fed BS from 85% of LFS out there to ensure a transaction, especially if you go in not knowing what your buying.

[mrhasan]

What's LE?

Kinda sounds like this hobby has the "japanese" effect like electronic products :P If its from japan, its gonna be more expensive :P

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

The two most dreaded words in this hobby, "Japanese" and "Deep Water"...

The third is "LE", all three will cost you extra...

Simply put you will be spoon fed BS from 85% of LFS out there to ensure a transaction, especially if you go in not knowing what your buying.