Lobo/Trachy/other ID?

[alpacaman]

1.5 months in now on the recovery from my initial $40 rescue purchase. I *think* the browning on the flesh is good, it's getting less transparent but could use confirmation on that from any lobo type peeps here. I've moved it into a cave so it gets more diffused light, somewhere around 80-100 par compared to the direct light it was getting before.

FTS:

Tank parameters:

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

1.5 months in now on the recovery from my initial $40 rescue purchase. I *think* the browning on the flesh is good, it's getting less transparent but could use confirmation on that from any lobo type peeps here. I've moved it into a cave so it gets more diffused light, somewhere around 80-100 par compared to the direct light it was getting before.

FTS:

Tank parameters:

Looking good! I still say lobo, though the PE and coloring up are great signs! Does it have a strong feeding response?

 

[alpacaman]

Looking good! I still say lobo, though the PE and coloring up are great signs! Does it have a strong feeding response?

I honestly have no idea what to look for on this thing for a feeding response. I don't see a mouth like I do on my SPS and other LPS

 

[Reefing102]

Could it be a Wellsophyllia Radiata?

Just trying to think of others. It looks to fleshy to me to be a lobo.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Could it be a Wellsophyllia Radiata?

Just trying to think of others. It looks to fleshy to me to be a lobo.

Wellsophyllia is a synonym of Trachyphyllia

 

[alpacaman]

2.5 months into recovery, pic is taken at the highest PAR time of day so this one tends to look its worst around this time. I moved it under a different outcropping to try and keep the goby from dumping sand on it all day long- it's not visible in the FTS but it's located on the left side of the pic and in the "back."

 

[VintageReefer]

@alpacaman hi! Any update on this piece?

 

[alpacaman]

It’s still doing well, this pic is from late May. It’s the end of the day so it’s quite a bit more retracted than normal:

@alpacaman hi! Any update on this piece?

 

[VintageReefer]

Wow! That’s looking really nice!

 

[alpacaman]

Wow! That’s looking really nice!

Thanks! One of my favorite thing about this hobby is looking back at old photos to see the progress. Especially when it's good progress!

 

[thamnasteroid]

Now that it's healthier, it looks like either a Lobophyllia or Acanthastrea pachysepta (flesh texture is a little ambiguous)

 

[alpacaman]

Here’s a pic from this morning at lower par levels when it’s more fleshy-

 

[alpacaman]

Almost 6 months in now on the recovery, end of day photo and the color continues to increase.

Featuring my nosy melanarus

Bottom right of this photo

 

[alpacaman]

10 months in now, I’d say it’s happy! This is the first time I’ve ever seen it extend these tendrils, I didn’t even know they had these!

 

[VintageReefer]

10 months in now, I’d say it’s happy! This is the first time I’ve ever seen it extend these tendrils, I didn’t even know they had these!

Those are for feeding
Do you feed this coral ?

 

[alpacaman]

Those are for feeding
Do you feed this coral ?

I just broadcast the tank. I don’t spot feed it. I’ve looked at it before during nighttime hours like this morning and haven’t seen those tendrils before. I did start making my own phyto cultures three weeks ago and daily dosing that, so maybe that was the trigger for the enhanced feeding response?

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[VintageReefer]

I just broadcast the tank. I don’t spot feed it. I’ve looked at it before during nighttime hours like this morning and haven’t seen those tendrils before. I did start making my own phyto cultures three weeks ago and daily dosing that, so maybe that was the trigger for the enhanced feeding response?

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Could be as they do sense food in the water. Maybe you’re adding something enticing it