Pagoda cup coral? Care/placement

[RandU]

I bought this about a week ago and i have not seen any polyps open yet. What are the placement and care requirements for this? Thanks.

 

[Reeferdood]

It looks ok where it is based on what I see. They like moderate light and flow, I would let it settle in for a while before moving it.

 

[KrisReef]

What Reeferdood said.
I bought a frag months ago, and only recently has it settled in. I just noticed this week that the polyps are now fully extended and it is starting to encrust where it was placed.
I also noticed your flame angel seems to be eying the cup in your photo. I hope that your angel behaves and doesn't nip at those coral polyps.
Do you feed your tank plankton? I have been increasing feedings of plankton and fish food recently and I am certain that has encouraged my cup to open up more for feeding.

That's a beautiful coral. GL

 

[RandU]

Thanks for the advise guys. I have not feed plankton yet but there are a few local guys around me that sell it. I will pick some up. Also so far I have not seen the angle nip at any thing. He has been around a few months. I feed pretty heavy and often though

 

[Reeves' Reef]

If it is a pagoda cup, I may have missed the name of it. Then it can take a good amount of light and flow. Mine has always been one of the closest corals to my lights and gets a kings share of the flow in the tank.
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[JumboShrimp]

I only ‘dabble’ in corals (7-gallon nano tank), but I got this about Pagoda Cup about 3 weeks ago from my LFS. So far, so good.

 

[hexcolor reef]

can cup corals sit next to a frogspawn with no issues

 

[thamnasteroid]

Your coral is not a pagoda cup (Duncanopsammia peltata), but a Turbinaria (maybe heronensis judging by the peripheral corallites). Turbinarias have smaller corallites and don't have the large, showy polyps of pagoda cups.

 

[KrisReef]

Your coral is not a pagoda cup (Duncanopsammia peltata), but a Turbinaria (maybe heronensis judging by the peripheral corallites). Turbinarias have smaller corallites and don't have the large, showy polyps of pagoda cups.

Good catch. I think I took the op’s word for it but opening it up now it’s not a pagoda cup.

 

[jordanreefs]

Hey just came across this thread after receiving the same coral from a fellow reefer and trying to ID it. I currently believe it to be a Turbinaria mesenterina.