Coral Database on R2R??

[FaviaFreak]

Superman Montipora aka Tubs Real Deal Superman
Submitted by: Faviafreak
Scientific Name: Montipora Danae
Family: Acroporidae
Behavior: Passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes

Water current: Medium/High turbulent to encourage growth and keep it clean of detritus
Iodine supplement:N/A
Calcium Supplement: yes (maintaining a proper buffering system is crucial)
Trace Elements Supplement: yes (usually regular water changes will suffice)
Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: Moderate to high preferably with 20K but not necessary to achieve great color
Growth: Fast to very fast
Placement: Midway to high under metal halides
Care level: Moderate Care needed

Description: Colonies are columns or plates with surfaces covered with large verrucae which are dome-shaped or partly fused into radiating ridges. Corallites are small, immersed and crowned between the verracue. Similar species include Montipora Verrucosa, which has larger more open corallites. In the wild they are common among upper reef slopes and lagoons. The original Superman Monti can be traced back to Tubs at exoticreefs.

 

[FaviaFreak]

Database Definitions
here you will find definitions of words commonly listed in the description of the corals, most of these words are scientific in nature so this will serve as a reference source.

Verrucae-A wart like projection, as on the back of a toad or on some leaves (ie. the lumps/bumps that occur on corals outer surface)

Septa- A thin partition or membrane that divides two cavities or soft masses of tissue in an organism.

Corallites- Skeleton of an individual polyp in a compound coral.

Paliform Lobes- One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals

Budding- There are two types of budding: intratentacular and extratentacular. In an intratentacular budding, polyps are divided by simple fission across the stomodaeum, and each bud retains part of the original stomodaeum and regenerates the rest. Extratentacular budding takes place outside the tentacular ring of the parent. These daughter buds do not share any part in the functions within the parent scleractinians as do the products of intratentacular budding.

Coenosteum- is a perforated complex tissue that separates individual corallites in a compound scleractinians.

Costa- A rib or a riblike part.

Papilla- 1) A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf.
2) A pimple or pustule.

 

[FaviaFreak]

Original Mummy Eye Chalice aka Reverse Watermelon Chalice
Submitted by: Faviafreak
Scientific Name: Echinophyllia
Family: Pectiniidae
Behavior: Passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes

Water current:Moderate/Low
Iodine supplement: Helpful during fragging and tissue damage
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes (usually regular water changes will suffice)
Feeding: Will accept meaty foods
Lighting: Low intensity under Metal Halide Lamps
Growth: Slow
Placement: Lower portion of the tank
Care level: Moderate Care needed

Description: The Mummy Eye Chalice is still one of the most sought after chalice's out of all the beautiful reverse watermelon's in the hobby. In the wild colonies are encrusting or laminar. Calices are round or oval, immersed to tubular and not strongly inclined on the colony surface. Septa are usually numerous. Columellae are usually well developed. The coenosteum is pitted at the commencement of new septo-costae. Tentacles are extended only at night. Echinophyllia is readily confused with Oxypora and also resembles Mycedium and Favid Echinopora. Commonly found in most reef enviroments. Has been shown that with Watermelon Chalice's moderate lighting tends to draw out their best colors. Additionally supplemented spot feedings of meaty foods will help to encourage growth

 

[FaviaFreak]

Tubs Branching Alien Eye
Submitted by: Faviafreak
Scientific Name: Echinophyllia
Family: Pectiniidae
Behavior: Passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes

Water current:Moderate to high current to encourage growth and keep it clean of detritus
Iodine supplement: Helpful during fragging and tissue damage
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes (usually regular water changes will suffice)
Feeding: Will accept small meaty foods
Lighting: Low to medium a must with 20K type of lighting for best coloration
Growth: Slow
Placement: Low to midway
Care level: Moderate Care needed

Description: Blue and pink intergraded with luminous eyes resembling an eerie out of this world eye. Colors up best with lower intensities with high kelvin lighting.

Care level: Moderate Care needed

 

[FaviaFreak]

Tubs Pink Sprinkles
Submitted by: Faviafreak
Scientific Name: Astreopora
Family: Acroporidae
Behavior: Passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes

Water current:Moderate to keep it free of detritus
Iodine supplement: Helpful during fragging and tissue damage
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes (usually regular water changes will suffice)
Feeding: N/A
Lighting: Low intensity 20K type lighting a must!
Growth: Slow/moderate
Placement: Low
Care level: Expert to moderate

Description: This coral needs very dim low intensity lighting and cooler water temperatures to be able to reach and maintain the wonderful colors that you see pictured here. Shading or placement under an eggcrate will encourage the marvelous explosion of colors to appear. This species is an Asteopora in the wild colonies are massive, laminar or encrusting. Corallites are immersed or conical with short, numerous, neatly spaced septa. Columellae are conspicuous and compact. Corallite walls are slightly porous. Tentacles are extended only at night. Asteopora is a well defined genus that can only be confused with the dendrophylliid Turbinaria.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Great job on this INfo. I love reading it... Maybe Ill try somethng to add to the list later

 

[FaviaFreak]

Great job on this INfo. I love reading it... Maybe Ill try somethng to add to the list later

Yeah Thanks! the more the merrier

 

[ahayes13]

Yellow Finger Gorgonian
Submitted by: ahayes13
Scientific Name: Diodogorgia nodulifera
Family: Anthothelidae

Behavior: peaceful
Hosts Zooxanthellae: no
Color variatons: yellow and red, with white polyps

Needs:
Water current: moderate to high
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: yes (should be fed a few times a week)
Needs Phytoplankton: yes
Needs Microplankton: yes
Lighting: low, with high lighting tanks should be shaded
Care level: difficult

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: Nice coral resembling an underwater "tree". Non-photosynthetic, must be fed. Due to low lighting requirements can be a good piece for shaded or cave areas in the aquarium. Gorgonia must have strong water flow to help keep it free of algae and cyano. If any algae growth begins on the gorgonia wipe it off immediately. The algae or cyano will cause the tissue beneath it to die off and damage the gorgonia.

 

[ahayes13]

Submitted by: revhtree
Scientific Name: Blastomussa Merleti
Family: Blastomussa
Behavior: Passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: Brown, green, red, orange, purple

Needs:
Water current: medium
Iodine supplement: no
Calcium Supplement: no
Trace Elements Supplement: no
Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: Medium intensity
Care level: Moderate Care needed

Likes, but doesn't need:
Likes meaty foods: no
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: Blasto comes in a few different colors with a lighter colored center. It is an easy coral to keep as it doesn't require alot of fuss. Moderate flow and lighting is it's only requirements. It will gain much of it's nutrition from nutrients in the water as well as the lights but it's diet can be supplemented with foods such as phyto, cyclop-eeze, DT's and marine snow or anything designed for filter feeding animals. A slow drip acclimation over a few hours is suggested for this animal.

 

[Russellaqua]

Phylogenetic tree of commonly kept corals and coral-like animals:

Rev, I have a PDF of this somewhere I can send you if you want to use it in this section. I made the phylogenetic tree myself so there are no copyright issues. I give R2R permission to use it.

 

[revhtree]

Awesome! Send it to me bro!

 

[ahayes13]

Hawkins Echinata
Submitted by: ahayes13
Scientific Name: Acropora Echinata
Family: Acroporidae

Behavior: passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: blue, green

Needs:

Water current: moderate to strong
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: High
Care level: moderate

Likes meaty foods: no
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: Aquacultured by ORA, coral was originally imported from Germany. Has a beautiful blue/green coloration, with slender smooth branches.

 

[Russellaqua]

Fox coral
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Nemenzophyllia turbida
Family: Euphyllidae

Behavior: passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: tan or occasionally green

Needs:

Water current: low
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: low to moderate
Care level: easy/beginner

Likes meaty foods: no
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: This coral has no tentacles and as such absorbs most of the nutrients it needs from the water.

 

[Russellaqua]

Open Brain
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Trachyphyllia radiata
Family: Trachyphyllidae

Behavior: aggressive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: red, green, purple, and combinations thereof are common

Needs:

Water current: moderate
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: low to moderate
Care level: moderate experience

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: This coral can grow quite large and is often beautifully colored. Large specimens may eat small fish. It is distinguished from T. goeffroyi by having fused polyps and having a folded appearance.

 

[Russellaqua]

Open Brain
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Family: Trachyphyllidae

Behavior: aggressive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: red, green, purple, and combinations thereof are common

Needs:

Water current: moderate
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: low to moderate
Care level: moderate experience

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: This coral can grow quite large and is often beautifully colored. Large specimens may eat small fish. It is distinguished from T. radiata by having single unattached polyps and does not have the folded appearance of T. radiata.

 

[Russellaqua]

Because Acans have the same requirements I'll do them all here.

Acan
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Acanthastrea lordhowensis, A. brevis, A. rotundoflora, A. echinata, A. subechinata, A. bowerbanki, A. regularis, A. hillae
Family: Mussidae

Behavior: aggressive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: red, green, purple, orange, and just about any other color

Needs:

Water current: moderate
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: moderate
Care level: beginner

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: Large polpyed colonial corals with a strong sting, often winning in fights with other corals. A. maxima is often a misidentified variety of Scolymia sp., but some true A. maxima may be making it into the market. Many high end speciments have a brilliant mixture of colors and are often referred to as "rainbow acans."

A. lordhowensis

A. brevis

Need pics of others

 

[Russellaqua]

Black Sun Coral
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Tubastrea micrantha
Family: Dendrophyllidae

Behavior: aggressive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: no
Color variatons: black

Needs:

Water current: moderate to high
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: yes
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: not applicable
Care level: moderate to experienced

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: no
Likes Microplankton: no

Description: Because of the lack of zooxanthellae in T. micrantha a strong current that brings food to the coral is absolutely necessary. It has a very strong skeleton and can survive the most brutal of storms at sea. Survivability in the home aquarium is poor due to its' demanding feeding requirements.

 

[Russellaqua]

cauliflower coral
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Lemnalia sp.
Family: Nephtheidae
Behavior: passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: brown to pink

Needs:

Water current: moderate to high
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: moderate to bright
Care level: moderate to experienced

Likes meaty foods: no
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: Just like other Neptheids, Lemnalia sp. may die for no apparent reason, but high flow and bright light seems to reduce this risk. It is quite toxic and secretes copious toxins into the water column, similar to "toadstool" Sarcophyton sp.

 

[Russellaqua]

Meat coral, open brain
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Lobophyllia pachysepta, L. corymbosa, L. hemprichii
Family: Mussidae
Behavior: passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: nearly any color

Needs:

Water current: low
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: bright
Care level: beginner to moderate

Likes meaty foods: yes
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: A must-have for any aquarium Lobophyllia sp. is a hardy coral. Great for beginners and experts alike it comes in a vast array of colors and shapes sure to please anyone.

L. pachysepta

 

[Russellaqua]

Devil's hand
Submitted by: Russellaqua
Scientific Name: Lobophytum sp. (approximately 43 known species)
Family:Alcyoniidae
Behavior: passive
Hosts Zooxanthellae: yes
Color variatons: tan to greenish

Needs:

Water current: low
Iodine supplement: yes
Calcium Supplement: yes
Trace Elements Supplement: yes

Needs meaty foods: no
Needs Phytoplankton: no
Needs Microplankton: no
Lighting: any
Care level: beginner

Likes meaty foods: no
Likes Phytoplankton: yes
Likes Microplankton: yes

Description: The devil's hand can grow to 3 feet in diameter but is easy to care for and propagate. It often sheds mucus that can be quite damaging to other corals so care must be taken in its' placement.