my new baby... AKA The Café

[BeltedCoyote]

Live rock from the ocean? Or from another reefer

ocean. 33lbs of KP aquatics premium live rock. Easily in the top five best birthday presents I’ve gotten in my 31 years

 

[Casket_Case]

ocean. 33lbs of KP aquatics premium live rock. Easily in the top five best birthday presents I’ve gotten in my 31 years

Thats goals right there. That’s like my romantic relationship goals. Only kinda flowers I want are the rock anemones.

Have you sent pictures to Steve? if you wanna know more send us both close ups. It looked like a Floridian coral from the get go.
I’m about to order rock from KP! I’m so excited!!! I only have Floridian and Caribbean corals so the rock will complete the Biotope other than a fish.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Thats goals right there. That’s like my romantic relationship goals. Only kinda flowers I want are the rock anemones.

Have you sent pictures to Steve? if you wanna know more send us both close ups. It looked like a Floridian coral from the get go.
I’m about to order rock from KP! I’m so excited!!! I only have Floridian and Caribbean corals so the rock will complete the Biotope other than a fish.

oh man I need to check out your build. That’s so freaking cool. And nah I haven’t sent Steve any pics. Feeling silly now.

as far as close ups, those are actually pretty close up. Hard to get any better with my phone. I’ll try and get better tomorrow when lights come one.

I’m super excited though. I thought it looked odd for a sponge but I don’t know much about sponges so I figured it was probably just a species I didn’t know. If it is a coral I’m going to probably have my head explode from geeking out about it.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

There are two patches of it on different rocks….

@Eagle_Steve what do you think? It’s from the keys

 

[Casket_Case]

oh man I need to check out your build. That’s so freaking cool. And nah I haven’t sent Steve any pics. Feeling silly now.

as far as close ups, those are actually pretty close up. Hard to get any better with my phone. I’ll try and get better tomorrow when lights come one.

I’m super excited though. I thought it looked odd for a sponge but I don’t know much about sponges so I figured it was probably just a species I didn’t know. If it is a coral I’m going to probably have my head explode from geeking out about it.

Lmbo don’t get your hopes up my build is boring atm mostly cause I stay in pms

I’m preeetty sure it’s a coral.

There are two patches of it on different rocks….

@Eagle_Steve what do you think? It’s from the keys

I’m not Steve but I’m interested and want to help. It lowkey reminds me of Porites asteroides the way it spreads over rock but it’s not lumpy. The polyps also look different but it’s hard to see the polyps in your pic

But even then the color is still off, I know it’s commonly called mustard hill coral cause sometimes it’s mustard yellow. But I don’t think it’s starlet coral because starlet polyps are very pronounced

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Lmbo don’t get your hopes up my build is boring atm mostly cause I stay in pms

I’m preeetty sure it’s a coral.

I’m not Steve but I’m interested and want to help. It lowkey reminds me of Porites asteroides but it’s not lumpy. It’s hard to see the polyps.

But the color is still off, I know it’s commonly called mustard hill coral cause sometimes it’s mustard yellow. But I don’t think it’s starlet coral because starlet polyps are very pronounced

its pretty orange in color. It seems to have knobs almost like certain montiporas. One sec. Going to try for better pics

 

[Casket_Case]

There are two patches of it on different rocks….

@Eagle_Steve what do you think? It’s from the keys

But the second photograph doesn’t even look like polyps

 

[Eagle_Steve]

There are two patches of it on different rocks….

@Eagle_Steve what do you think? It’s from the keys

Let me get back to my pc later and I will look. Shoot me some pics via PM, so I dont forget lol.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Here’s closer. Little blurry. Hard to do with my phone as both patches are roughly the size of a quarter

 

[Casket_Case]

Here’s closer. Little blurry. Hard to do with my phone as both patches are roughly the size of a quarter

I wonder if it’s a tunicate

 

[danieyella]

Well now I'm invested, please make sure you share once you discover what it is

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I wonder if it’s a tunicate

might be. I really don’t know. I think there are more patches on other rocks possibly. Idk. I love it whatever it is.

 

[danieyella]

Update: rfa jumped ship. Not sure where it is now, I have at least three that look very similar.

Stunner is getting out of hand. I need to trim for @Lost in the Sauce

Got my oxydator back online and it's nice to have clear glass without cleaning again!

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Let me get back to my pc later and I will look. Shoot me some pics via PM, so I dont forget lol.

But a few things off the top of my head and the spelling may be wrong lol.

Solesnastrea bournoni

Orbicella faveolata

Porites astreoides (already mentioned, but there are quite a few colors and this coral is not full classified yet beyond porites)

Siderastrea siderea or Siderastrea radians More than likely not either of these, as I have the latter and when retracted, it is very easy to ID.


Google those and pray my spelling is correct lol. Compare some and let me know.

 

[Casket_Case]

But a few things off the top of my head and the spelling may be wrong lol.

Solesnastrea bournoni

Orbicella faveolata

Porites astreoides (already mentioned, but there are quite a few colors and this coral is not full classified yet beyond porites)

Siderastrea siderea or Siderastrea radians More than likely not either of these, as I have the latter and when retracted, it is very easy to ID.


Google those and pray my spelling is correct lol. Compare some and let me know.

Siderastrea is the genus of starlet coral I mentioned too, they’re my favorite stoney corals in Florida so friggin pretty

 

[BeltedCoyote]

But a few things off the top of my head and the spelling may be wrong lol.

Solesnastrea bournoni

Orbicella faveolata

Porites astreoides (already mentioned, but there are quite a few colors and this coral is not full classified yet beyond porites)

Siderastrea siderea or Siderastrea radians More than likely not either of these, as I have the latter and when retracted, it is very easy to ID.


Google those and pray my spelling is correct lol. Compare some and let me know.

spelling was pretty darn correct. First one was off by one letter. But I’m thinking the first two you mentioned. Leaning towards number one but still not completely sure

 

[F i s h y]

@Lost in the Sauce @Eagle_Steve @ whomever

 

[F i s h y]

spelling was pretty darn correct. First one was off by one letter. But I’m thinking the first two you mentioned. Leaning towards number one but still not completely sure

I vote tunicates

 

[Casket_Case]

I vote tunicates

Yeah it looks so smooth

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Could be. I have no idea!!