Coral ID?

[cemmerts]

Nobody at the store seemed to know Exactly what it is other than an SPS...thanks

 

[Webslinger]

stick?

 

[cemmerts]

Should there be visible polyps? Even the big one didn’t have any obvious polyps. It seemed to just have a very vibrant green flesh, which appeared smooth.

 

[AcroNem]

It appears to be a Hydnophora species, although if they sold it to you like that I would be upset, there is not much tissue left on that.

 

[Steven Garland]

Yeah,it definitely looks to be in rough shape. You can see visible algae growing on the skeleton.

 

[cemmerts]

Awe that’s to bad:( the larger one looked similar, so I didn’t think much of it. Any chance of saving it?

 

[AcroNem]

It could recover with stable conditions and food, there's no telling right now though. If it's too far into polyp bailout it likely won't stop

 

[cemmerts]

It could recover with stable conditions and food, there's no telling right now though. If it's too far into polyp bailout it likely won't stop

I’ll do my best. I have a strong light, I have him at the top. There is good flow, he is close to a power head. Parameters are stable (Ca 440, alk 9.9, NH3 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.2, sp grav 1.0245, phos just above 0, pH 8.2, temp 77.0). I can feed him routinely. No other corals close to him.

It sucks to get a half dead frag, but I’ll be even happier if I can save him from the LFS and bring him back to good health.