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Need ID on a hichiker coral

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DJ in WV
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Really suprised this made it wraped in paper on a few rocks i got from garf for the Coraline algae to seed my marco rocks. I just notice it today on the under side of the rock so i flipped it over seen some of it was still alive i think its trumpet but im not sure but id like to save it whatever it is. Also got a dime sized bubble tip that made the trip on the rock also I was shocked to see it on the glass one morning. Ill do a review on the diversity pack I got after it had more time to settle in and i can give a good idea of what you can expect from their product

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Updated 06-02-2011 at 11:40 PM by DJ in WV

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  1. melev's Avatar
    The dime-sized bubble tip may be a majano or tulip anemone. Be sure to figure out if it is a pest.

    That unknown coral is tough to see in that blue haze, so I'm not going to guess.
  2. DJ in WV's Avatar
    I put a few with the halides off hoping you take a shot at it. I dont think it a majano but im not famliar with a tuilip anemone Ill try to get some shots of it for id. I can see im going to have to break down and get a good camera my HTC isnt going to cut it
  3. melev's Avatar
    I think those are called cup corals, but that's more like a nickname. They rarely survive in captivity, but are often found as hitchhikers on live rock.
  4. cyano's Avatar
    I have quite a few of those alive in my tank, not sure what they are called (think I had read ghost zoos once) but they have see though tentacles that they seem to use to filter feed, they don't seem to get any bigger or any smaller and do not seem to bother anything in the tank, and seem to rarely "color up" so I am assuming they are more closely related to the sun coral types that don't need light
  5. DJ in WV's Avatar
    I didnt some seaching and it is a type of cup coral and a filter feeder
  6. partman1969's Avatar
    I had purchased some rock from Premium Aquatics and Jason had told me that those (on my rock as well) were cup corals.
  7. bryman's Avatar
    Yup, they are cup corals. I always get them on my aquacultured rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater.
  8. DJ in WV's Avatar
    After I found out it was a nps I was for sure it was doomed being in a fairly new tank and half dead but it bouncing back and branching with good ext so will see how long it makes it