Looking to buy tide pool/tidal corals. Where to find these or other oddballs?
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Anemone_Fanatic
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You don't usually find many corals in tide pools. The water has very low oxygen after a few hours of being isolated, and can get up to 90F or more. On top of that, when it is high tide, the current is often too strong for anything prominent like LPS or branching species, unless the pool is really deep. They'd just get broken off.
The corals you do find are going to be the same sort you see on the regular reef, usually polyps like Zoas and Protopalys, or perhaps the occasional encrusting SPS/LPS. The concept of tide pools as a separate ecosystem from the ocean is flawed, it's just a place where unlucky animals get stranded. Almost any fish, invert, or coral which you might find in a tide pool is much more abundant on the reef.
The corals you do find are going to be the same sort you see on the regular reef, usually polyps like Zoas and Protopalys, or perhaps the occasional encrusting SPS/LPS. The concept of tide pools as a separate ecosystem from the ocean is flawed, it's just a place where unlucky animals get stranded. Almost any fish, invert, or coral which you might find in a tide pool is much more abundant on the reef.
encrustingacro
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The intertidal coral reefs I know of are on the shores of Singapore and Western Australia, though there could be others.
In Singapore, you can find Oulastrea, Platygyra, Dipsastraea, Montipora digitata, Goniopora, Porites, Pavona, Pectinia, Lobophyllia, Pocillopora damicornis, Duncanopsammia peltata, Galaxea, Favites, etc.
In WA, common corals include, Goniopora, Turbinaria, Duncanopsammia peltata, Coelastrea palauensis, Porites, Moseleya, Plesiastrea, etc.
In Singapore, you can find Oulastrea, Platygyra, Dipsastraea, Montipora digitata, Goniopora, Porites, Pavona, Pectinia, Lobophyllia, Pocillopora damicornis, Duncanopsammia peltata, Galaxea, Favites, etc.
In WA, common corals include, Goniopora, Turbinaria, Duncanopsammia peltata, Coelastrea palauensis, Porites, Moseleya, Plesiastrea, etc.
