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johnnybravo234
10/02/2006, 12:03 PM
Please help me id this coral

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/jacque2103/fish/DSCF0044.jpg
Letmegrow
10/02/2006, 01:47 PM
Montipora capriconris ?
johnnybravo234
10/02/2006, 03:28 PM
The one in the center right?
NuclearReefs
10/02/2006, 04:03 PM
looks like a cap or a turbinaria.
bogg
10/02/2006, 11:28 PM
You might want to remove that little starfish.
JamesJR
10/03/2006, 12:12 AM
No that can't be a cap, it doesn't even look like a montipora. The polyps just don't look dense enough for it to be a turbinaria.
saltycreefer
10/04/2006, 03:02 PM
Definately Montipora.
kpk
10/04/2006, 03:24 PM
Definitly Cap...
Justin/TiV
10/05/2006, 11:48 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8265498#post8265498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bogg
You might want to remove that little starfish.

wondering why you say that...I have several of those in my tank and never thought them to be harmful
BLKTANG
10/05/2006, 04:19 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8282089#post8282089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Justin/TiV
wondering why you say that...I have several of those in my tank and never thought them to be harmful


me 2. like to know more.
swiseman
10/05/2006, 08:24 PM
Melev was kind enough to visit our local site a few weeks back and I asked him to comment on the very same thing. I got panicked after reading a section on the GARF site called SPS eating starfish. Scroll down and you will see his response that put me a little more at ease. I still remove them when I see them just in case. They can multiply to plague like proportions if left unchecked.

http://arrg.ca/showthread.php?tid=1101
Mr. Fish Stick
10/15/2006, 03:56 AM
That is a Turbinaria reniformis. Do a search for that name and you will find several pics that look just like that.

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johnnybravo234
10/15/2006, 09:19 AM
Thankyou for the info. My tank is kinda infested with the starfish. I havent had any problems with them attacking anything yet. The only sps corals I have are m. digita, an unidentified encrusting montipora, and the one in this thread. Maybe they prefer to eat acropora.