I don't thing this is a Zoa.

[b4tn]

I got a couple frags from my LFS store today. Since I am new to corals I was going to get a couple Zoas. This looked like a Zoa with the polyps out but after dipping and adding all the polyps retracted and it doesn't look like a Zoa. Can anyone tell me what this is?

 

[cmanning317]

sure if you.have a pic

 

[FF337]

I don't see a picture attached. Look up aiptasia and see if that is it.

 

[ReefMadScientist]

From what I can see, it looks like a "White-out zoa". They usually are hard to see as they are completely white and blend into the R2R background.

 

[b4tn]

Image helps :) when the polyps are out they look just like a Zoa. It is still ticked from the revive dip.

 

[ReeferBee]

that would be a goniopora

 

[cmanning317]

pist off gonipora

 

[ReefMadScientist]

Adding a flower pot to a new system rarely works. I have a mature tank and that is one coral that STILL gives me problems.

 

[cmanning317]

 

[b4tn]

Well that kind of ticks me off. It was on the same rack as all the palys and zoas.

 

[cloak]

Are you sure it's not a Leptastrea or something similar as opposed to a Goniopora? You might want to count the number of polyps just to be sure.

 

[b4tn]

Once it opens back up I will take another picture.

 

[Neptunes Cove]

yep-that's a flowerpot
keep it lower in your rockwork...

 

[b4tn]

Would it be better suited directly on the sand bed? The rock I have it on now I plan to make a Zoa garden.

 

[b4tn]

They finally started to open up. They don't have stalks like some of the Google pictures I found of flowerpot corals. The top one is fully open and extended the rest are slowly coming out. I'm having a hard time getting a pic with my iPhone. The rest of he colors are all off but the polyp color in the pic is accurate.

 

[stravo71]

It's either an alveopora or a gonipora

 

[Tahoe61]

Alevopora: 12 tentacles on each polyp,
Goniopora: 24 tentacles on each polyp.

 

[stravo71]

Alveopora

goniopora
These are both in my tank. Alveopora is easier to keep than goniopora

 

[b4tn]

It's Goniopora for sure with 24 and it's an encrusting type. Here it is now that it fully opens. I fed it some reef roids the other day and it ate it up fast.