What coral?

by **naivete** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:09 pm

Sir Charles, please help me id the coral. Is this a micromussa or a plain acan? its color is red orange and now getting some small spots of pink.

thanks

by **charlesr1958** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:17 pm

I need to see some corallite structures before I can hazard a guess. Can you gently touch the coral to make it withdraw its tissue and then quickly take a very close up photo of a few corallites ? Thanks.

Charles

by **khuran** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:24 pm

looks like micromussa

but as sir charles said, confirm via skeletal sttructure. where did you get it?

by **naivete** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:51 pm

the skeleton structure of this is pointed rather than curved.

sorry cant take pictures yet since my camera was borrowed.

by **charlesr1958** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:30 pm

by **naivete** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:16 pm

here it is. finally was able to get a picture.

by **charlesr1958** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:57 pm

by **naivete** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:34 am

by **charlesr1958** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:35 am

Not really, for proper identifications for most corals, you have to have bare (no tissue/dead) corallites which can be examined under a dissecting scope or a very good magnifying glass.

Charles

by **obet_carlos** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:43 am

does it really matter what species it is? i mean, do they have different requirements?

by **charlesr1958** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:48 am

In this case I think it would be safe to assume that it requires moderate light intensity, water flow and target fed on a daily basis much like other favids. For other groups, knowing the species can be important per its care requirements. I do understand the need or desire to know its species though as I too always wish to know exactly what I have in my tank but that is not always possible, specialy with the Acroporas and Montiporas, for those I simply accept the fact that I will never know.

Charles

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