Any help wpuld be awesome. Once i turn the lights back on and it opens ill take more pics
looks like a torch coral to me. part of the euphillia family.
hmmm, its definitly a soft coral. isnt a torch an LPS?
+1 on torch, alghough the polyp at the bottom kind of looks like an octo frogspawn.
torch is an LPS. its kind of hard to tell whats going on in the bag from your pic but the polpys should extend from a large hard skeleton. it could look different depending on what type of torch it is(branching, walled, etc)
it grew on a container lol., it look liek a xenia heres mor epics
wow, nm what what i said. defintiely not a torch >LOL<
looked just like a yellow tip torch in the first pics. could be a xenia, but im not a softie guy so im sure someone will give you a more definitive id.
maybe some Anthellia?
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maybe some Anthellia?[/quote]
was thinn that at first but anthelia doesnt grow on stalks does it? here’s what i am thinking, tell if you agree
blue cespitularia or purple Efflatounaria
closes up just like my pompom xenia from icy does at night
blue cespitularia i think jon would be the one to tell you for sure. where did u get it
i got it from nemos aquarium… the guy didnt really know what it was…
Cespitularia. Nice catch.
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Cespitularia. Nice catch. [/quote]
do they mind high flow? i turned my koralia off bc it was blowing it soo much and it wouldnt open…
It could take a few days to open? xenia does really well in my tank but its been so long since i added something.
Like many corals, especially those in the Xeniidae family, even what is ideal with them if brought on too quickly can be bad.(It is said that true Red Sea Xenia likes high salinity however a quick change in salinity is much worse then a low salinity.) I have had this coral grow in both moderate and high flow, but it seems to do both in what I would call moderate to high.(however these terms are often relative and what one person considers high flow others might think is low)
As far as the polyps opening… they never will open like the corals in the genus Xenia or Anthelia. Cespitularia in my experience(pretty extended) never open any where near as wide. Though they will open a little more then what I am seeing in the images.
What is your average temp and salinity?
Keep in mind slow changes in your water chemistry is key with these corals.
temp is a constant 80
salinity is a constant 1.25
i use premixed and the water is usually dead on everytime. Currently Its in my 6 gallon 36w PC lights, it had the stock filter and koralia powerhead. However i turmed the powerhead off bc it looked like it was too much flow, oldketo move it ,didntwanna strss it out much… the bad thing is the water they gave it to me was crap due to what was in the container, and the whole bag was a mess, i didnt properly aclimate it, my tank is mainly xenia, which is good i guess, it’s at the bottom of the tank, but kinda under where the filter flows out. I want to move it but …
should i do it now? wait till tomorrow? or wait a couple days to move it? Hows it sounding , think it will survive?
Oh and as far as the polyp “opening†goes, it is odd with these corals. You will see them open a little bit from what they are currently, but often they develop small polyps when kept in less then ideal water chemistry. In other words full polyp extension will only happen with what seems to be growth and may tank a month.
I would probably keep that species in moderate flow until it looks as if the polyps are fully extended then try moving it into slightly higher flow.
please see my previous post 
It could live and if most of it dies off and it starts to look bad I would not remove it. I have seen these grow back from a tiny(less then 1cm) piece of tissue.
The biggest problem I see is with your lights. It needs to be in moderate flow with fairly bright lights. I would put it at the top of the tank.
Also, please don’t change your tank too much to try to save this one coral. As I mentioned earlier this family of corals does not like sudden changes. If all of your other corals are used to a power head moving water around I would leave it on.
I wouldn’t stare at the polyps too much as indicators as to how well it is doing. It doesn’t look too bad in the image and can come back. If you have the ability to post pictures often I can give you an idea of how it is doing daily if you would like.
that would be great!!! the only thing i see as the problem is the way its growing on the container, so the was the powerhead blasts it pushes it over, will it be strong enough to stand up in them conditions?
i can move my star polyps which are dead center but are kinda blocked by flow slightly , and move them back, you think that would help. They dont look like they shrunk or are dying at all, but its only been a few hours, ive just been really intrigues by this and really want it to survive, ill put power head on take a pic and post back
ok, i have a cpl pics n a video.
Before Powerhead
Post Power Head
Video
View My Video
Please share thoughts, thanks again