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scyphozoa
05/29/2006, 08:08 PM
Anybody have trouble keeping Stylophora with some Pocilloporas (or other corals for that matter)?

I've noticed a slow decline with mine once I added an unusual Pocillo about 7 or 8 months ago. (In the middle of that time period it survived a near tank crash after which I thought I'd loose it overnight but it kept going. The decline/tissue recession began before this incident though. It may be my imagination but it seemed to recede faster when I'd neglected to add carbon for a few weeks.)
Sk8r
05/29/2006, 08:17 PM
Mine get along: I'm pocillopora damicornis with a pink stylophora. But the stylophora hasn't grown as much as I'd wish.
More, watch out for montipora next to poci; that caused my problems, a really annoyed monti.
scyphozoa
05/29/2006, 08:45 PM
An old photo of the Pocillo in question
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/589/44504Pocillo_1_2_1.jpg
Sk8r
05/29/2006, 09:25 PM
I've never met that variety. It certainly is an impressive one. Looks almost pagoda-ish.
VCoo71
05/29/2006, 09:39 PM
loooks like a Pocillapora verrucosa IMO

charlie
Pfft
05/30/2006, 03:28 AM
Pocillopora eydouxi or a similar one.
Amphiprion
05/30/2006, 11:52 AM
Definitely in the P. eydouxi complex-about 2 or 3 more similar species.
scyphozoa
05/30/2006, 11:16 PM
Here is a current pic of the Pocillo. (I wish the Stylo was doing as well.)

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/589/44504Pocillo2_1_1_1.jpg