Softy ID Help Needed.

OzKat · 03/13/2011, 06:30 PM

I have had this coral for over a year but have never found out what it is!

I have 2 queries ....
One is what is it?

And the second is .....
We had a tank crash about 6 weeks ago and lost some fish, and a couple of corals.
Since getting the levels back to where they should be this particular coral does not come out like it used to?

One pic shows it all lanky and wavy like it has been since we got it, the other is what it has been like for a couple of weeks now.

Was ok right after the crash, just started closing up once the levels settled back down?
Is also browner now than it used to be.

Hoping that is just the nutrient levels that shot through the roof, and it will slowly get some colour back now they are back to almost zero.

Nitrite and amonia are both zero, nitrate is still a little high at 10. But better than the 160+ it shot to!!!
Ouch.

Any help and ideas with this will be greatly appreciated!

kidkams · 03/13/2011, 07:15 PM

are those the same coral, because one looks like either a frogspawn or a hammer (the first one), i think its a hammer, and the 2nd pic kinda looks like some type of candycane coral, but that is just me i could be wrong but just my 2 cents

OzKat · 03/13/2011, 10:14 PM

Yes they are the same thing.

It is definitely not a Hammer.
I have 2 of those.

kidkams · 03/13/2011, 10:46 PM

well i will be very interested to know what it turns out to be. I am completely stumped

GerritM · 03/15/2011, 06:21 AM

1st image is an Euphyllia (paraancora)
2nd image is an Nemenzophyllia turbida

OzKat · 03/15/2011, 03:20 PM

I will have to take another photo i think..

It really is the same piece of coral.......
Not 2 separate pieces.
Hence my queries as to why it is not long and lanky like the first pic.

It does look like SOME of the pics for a Euphyllia (paraancora).
But my other 2 corals look more like the hammer corals than this one does.
With the t shaped heads and the green colouring.

If this is what i have, then why is it not long and lanky anymore?

MarkusII · 04/09/2011, 06:39 AM

Hello,

definitely no soft coral ;-)

regards

Markus

shifty51008 · 04/09/2011, 09:35 AM

it is an LPS coral and looks like a torch coral to me

coralsfriend · 04/11/2011, 11:56 PM

+1 torch coral. It is an LPS.

OzKat · 05/06/2011, 04:44 AM

Ok, i have finally taken another shot of this guy!

It has also started to regrow the long feeders that it had!

And in reply to previous comments about the 2 previous pictures.......
Once again......they REALLY are the same coral!
Not 2 different ones...hahaha.
They do look sooo very different i know, that is why i posted this query.

Whatever upset it, it seems to be on the mend again.
So fingers crossed i'll be able to post another pic in a few more weeks of it long and lanky again!.

03/15/2011, 06:21 AM	#5
GerritM Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 506	1st image is an Euphyllia (paraancora) 2nd image is an Nemenzophyllia turbida __________________ regards Gerrit ps: sorry for my english. I hope you understand, what i mean. ;-)

04/09/2011, 06:39 AM	#7
MarkusII Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: near Innsbruck/Tyrol/Austria Posts: 612	Hello, definitely no soft coral ;-) 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

04/09/2011, 09:35 AM	#8
shifty51008 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 3,724	it is an LPS coral and looks like a torch coral to me __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, dual 250 watt MH's icecap ballasts, XM 20k's, 2 - 110 watt super atanics, 2-tunze 6000's with a 7095 controller, ranco dual temp controller, MR2 skimmer ran with Mak 4 pump, pinpoint pH monitor, marine magic dual dosing pump, pcx 40 return pump, dual MR5 media reactors for carbon and GFO, purelyH20 optima pro RODI unit w/dual BRS Di unit, aquahub ATO fish/inverts: 2-occ. clowns, 1-banggaii cardinal, 1 tiger tail cuke, 2 RBTA, mix of nass, cerths, and Banded Trochus snails, pair of skunk cleaner shrimp corals: 1 elegance coral, 1-bubble corals, 1 green toadstool leather, 1 green with pruple tip frogspawn, 1 acans, 1 green cap, 2 Chalice

04/11/2011, 11:56 PM	#9
coralsfriend Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lincoln, Ne Posts: 151	+1 torch coral. It is an LPS. __________________ I'd buy that for a dollar Current Tank Info: 2-75gal reef tanks

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03/13/2011, 07:15 PM	#2
kidkams Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 134	are those the same coral, because one looks like either a frogspawn or a hammer (the first one), i think its a hammer, and the 2nd pic kinda looks like some type of candycane coral, but that is just me i could be wrong but just my 2 cents

03/13/2011, 10:14 PM	#3
OzKat Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 33	Yes they are the same thing. It is definitely not a Hammer. I have 2 of those.

03/13/2011, 10:46 PM	#4
kidkams Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 134	well i will be very interested to know what it turns out to be. I am completely stumped

03/15/2011, 03:20 PM	#6
OzKat Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 33	I will have to take another photo i think.. It really is the same piece of coral....... Not 2 separate pieces. Hence my queries as to why it is not long and lanky like the first pic. It does look like SOME of the pics for a Euphyllia (paraancora). But my other 2 corals look more like the hammer corals than this one does. With the t shaped heads and the green colouring. If this is what i have, then why is it not long and lanky anymore?