GSP branch-like coral

kichimark · 04/01/2011, 01:15 PM

I got this coral over a year ago. In the original tank it grew like a tree. I got a piece for free and put it on the lower rockwork. It grew on the rock then started to branch out. It looks like GSP but does not have the purple mat and it folds in when it branches. Anyone know what it is? I got a picture during mid day and one when the lights just turned on to show the branches. It is actually much more green than in the pic.

nauticac4 · 04/01/2011, 01:33 PM

Wish I knew what it was the growth form is very cool.

cjdevito · 04/01/2011, 02:36 PM

It's an encrusting gorgonian. Briareum, most likely.

danielbui23 · 04/01/2011, 03:47 PM

It's not a GSP. It looks more like a Galaxia Coral. If it is, it is grows a skeleton like what is shown in your photos.

danielbui23 · 04/01/2011, 03:49 PM

Or encrusting gorgonian

kichimark · 04/01/2011, 06:55 PM

its definitely not a galaxia. The mat is rubbery and can be torn off. I have never seen a branching gorgonian that is green like this so I am pretty excited. The guy who I got it from had it as a hitch hiker on a rock.

cjdevito · 04/01/2011, 07:51 PM

You used to see them more years ago - albeit they'd nearly always be mislabelled as GSP. These days it's definitely an uncommon find.

RyanSweatt2004 · 04/01/2011, 09:42 PM

Its just one of many types green star polyps, The only thing special about it is that its got a funky growth pattern That most people may not have seen. Mine always grow leafs and branch like extensions like this in all sorts of directions. Its just another way they spread in the wild and also a great way to keep making easy frags of it. Its what I do.

MarkusII · 04/09/2011, 06:28 AM

Hello,

its as mentioned above a Briareum asbestinum, encrusting gorgonia

regards

Markus

04/01/2011, 01:15 PM	#1
kichimark Μολὼν λαβέ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SFV, S. California Posts: 1,304	GSP branch-like coral I got this coral over a year ago. In the original tank it grew like a tree. I got a piece for free and put it on the lower rockwork. It grew on the rock then started to branch out. It looks like GSP but does not have the purple mat and it folds in when it branches. Anyone know what it is? I got a picture during mid day and one when the lights just turned on to show the branches. It is actually much more green than in the pic.

04/01/2011, 01:33 PM	#2
nauticac4 Baby Fish Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,237	Wish I knew what it was the growth form is very cool. __________________ Put Wings on it and Let it Fly!!! PBITAWA !!! Current Tank Info: 180 Cube 3x3x3. 29Gallon Sump 20 Gallon Fuge (1) Lumenarc Reflector w. 250W ARO Ballast and - Modded GS1 Skimmer - Eheim 1262 Return - Vortech MP40W and Swirler Stein

04/01/2011, 09:42 PM	#8
RyanSweatt2004 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: maine Posts: 590	Its just one of many types green star polyps, The only thing special about it is that its got a funky growth pattern That most people may not have seen. Mine always grow leafs and branch like extensions like this in all sorts of directions. Its just another way they spread in the wild and also a great way to keep making easy frags of it. Its what I do. Last edited by RyanSweatt2004; 04/01/2011 at 09:51 PM.

04/09/2011, 06:28 AM	#9
MarkusII Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: near Innsbruck/Tyrol/Austria Posts: 611	Hello, its as mentioned above a Briareum asbestinum, encrusting gorgonia regards Markus __________________ Greetings from the heart of the alps No there are no kangaroos (in the wild) in AUSTRIA Current Tank Info: 200x80x60 cm - 253G, 60x30x30cm - 14G, and in care of 660G

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04/01/2011, 02:36 PM	#3
cjdevito 10 & Over Club Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: NYC Posts: 635	It's an encrusting gorgonian. Briareum, most likely.

04/01/2011, 03:47 PM	#4
danielbui23 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 154	It's not a GSP. It looks more like a Galaxia Coral. If it is, it is grows a skeleton like what is shown in your photos.

04/01/2011, 03:49 PM	#5
danielbui23 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 154	Or encrusting gorgonian

04/01/2011, 06:55 PM	#6
kichimark Μολὼν λαβέ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SFV, S. California Posts: 1,304	its definitely not a galaxia. The mat is rubbery and can be torn off. I have never seen a branching gorgonian that is green like this so I am pretty excited. The guy who I got it from had it as a hitch hiker on a rock.

04/01/2011, 07:51 PM	#7
cjdevito 10 & Over Club Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: NYC Posts: 635	You used to see them more years ago - albeit they'd nearly always be mislabelled as GSP. These days it's definitely an uncommon find.