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alcimedes 01/03/2018 02:52 PM

[ID] Green glowing stuff growing on my zoa mat?
 
Anyone able to ID what this might be?

https://i.imgur.com/NuY3U1J.jpg

alcimedes 01/03/2018 03:35 PM

Someone elsewhere said it might be a baby Pocillopora, which I do have one of on the opposite side of the tank.

I've never seen young versions though, anyone else who has, does that sound like a plausible ID?

D0fleini 01/03/2018 08:58 PM

Might be galaxea.

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miralami 01/03/2018 10:00 PM

Poci for sure, kalk paste or epoxy to cover it. As long as you have a poci in your tank, you see these babies pops everywhere.


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alcimedes 01/04/2018 11:36 AM

Would it be normal that the poci in the tank is blue, but this colony is green? do they change color over time, or is it potentially a different poci, or something else entirely if not the same colors as the parent coral?

totoro 01/04/2018 12:34 PM

I'd say it is a poci for sure as well.

Tripod1404 01/04/2018 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcimedes (Post 25321549)
Would it be normal that the poci in the tank is blue, but this colony is green? do they change color over time, or is it potentially a different poci, or something else entirely if not the same colors as the parent coral?

Is this one closer to the light, or in other words gets more light?

alcimedes 01/04/2018 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tripod1404 (Post 25321672)
Is this one closer to the light, or in other words gets more light?

It's under a different light, approximately the same distance as the one on the other side of the tank.

The other one is more of a blue/white color combo, I don't really notice any green. But the two lights are totally different, sounds like under different lights the colors may change?

I don't know much about Poci, I thought they ranged from colorful -> brown depending on amount of light, but a green one would always be green or some shade of green all the way to brown, a pink one pink to brown etc., but a green one wouldn't spawn pink ones.

Tripod1404 01/04/2018 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by alcimedes (Post 25321691)
It's under a different light, approximately the same distance as the one on the other side of the tank.

The other one is more of a blue/white color combo, I don't really notice any green. But the two lights are totally different, sounds like under different lights the colors may change?

I don't know much about Poci, I thought they ranged from colorful -> brown depending on amount of light, but a green one would always be green or some shade of green all the way to brown, a pink one pink to brown etc., but a green one wouldn't spawn pink ones.

If lights are stronger, it might have more/different florescent proteins for protection. For example montipora spongodes will be brown, green and purple depending on light intensity. Generally base of the colony is brown, middle parts are green and tips are purple.

oldhead 01/05/2018 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by miralami (Post 25321215)
Poci for sure, kalk paste or epoxy to cover it. As long as you have a poci in your tank, you see these babies pops everywhere.


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Why would you want to kill an sps coral? Unless what you are talking about is different than this.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1406/?pcatid=1406

miralami 01/05/2018 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by oldhead (Post 25322437)
Why would you want to kill an sps coral? Unless what you are talking about is different than this.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1406/?pcatid=1406



Well, Pocci is really nice and I don’t suggest you to kill it. Just keep in mind, if you go that route you are going to have Pocci only tank :)


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