Coral ID help

[Just John]

I got this lps as a hitchhiker on some Gulf live rock over a year ago. It has grown from about 3 polyps.

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

Looks like a hidden cup coral to me. I have some that came on my TBS rock last year. NPS coral.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure if that's what it is, just because mine is never that extended. It is very similar, though. Hopefully, someone can jump in and give you a definitive answer.

 

[TheNative192]

Following this because woah that looks insane

 

[SaltySqueeble]

I would agree it’s an nps, like dendro or tubastraea. Pretty sweet find

 

[Just John]

I would agree it’s an nps, like dendro or tubastraea. Pretty sweet find

I have always thought it was an nps too, but it has been getting a bit of a green tint now that it's in more light. I have only seen them in orange. Do you know if green is common for an nps?

 

[cba191]

what is an nps?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

what is an nps?

Nonphotosynthetic I'm pretty sure

 

[Just John]

what is an nps?

As they said above, It is a non-photosynthetic coral. So they cannot survive just getting energy from light and need to collect food, like ReefRoids, fish food scraps, etc.

 

[thamnasteroid]

I would agree it’s an nps, like dendro or tubastraea. Pretty sweet find

Too small to be Tubastrea, and Dendros are arborescent.

 

[thamnasteroid]

It's probably something like Phyllangia or Astrangia

 

[thamnasteroid]

what is an nps?

As they said above, It is a non-photosynthetic coral. So they cannot survive just getting energy from light and need to collect food, like ReefRoids, fish food scraps, etc.

Might not be; many gulf cup corals are facultatively zooxanthellate. Considering the brown coloration, this could possibly be one of them

 

[SaltySqueeble]

what is an nps?

As they said above, It is a non-photosynthetic coral. So they cannot survive just getting energy from light and need to collect food, like ReefRoids, fish food scraps, etc.

Might not be; many gulf cup corals are facultatively zooxanthellate. Considering the brown coloration, this could possibly be one of them

Good point. In the pic they do seem to be quite extended in the light, looking a lot like the astrangia, which are both zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate. Very fine scientific details with all these very similar, cup like corals. And yea, dendros are much more branchy looking

 

[Just John]

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