Pocillopora - I think I got “ebay’d”

[PhilMStudy]

I received a coral from eBay yesterday, should have been more diligent but the photo caught my eye and the price was solid (to me lol)...

what I paid for and what I got...

I think this save-able, polyps up top do come out... but it looks very rough (lights aren’t on yet and the only photo from me is just before lights out)

thoughts?

 

[fachatga]

Honestly it looks like they were trying to hide that it was dying and in terrible shape. No idea If it can be saved. Looks like it’s mostly gone

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I had one come in from a reputable dealer like that recently. On deaths door. I put it at the bottom and had a dead pocillipora 12 hours later. Maybe they just don’t ship well?

 

[PhilMStudy]

That’s kind of what I’m thinking... send info to seller, reputable ratings wise.

appreciate feedback, thankfully it was an auction price and not retail

 

[LIreefguy]

IMO the poccilpora is the toughest sps out there Mine survived a major tank crash 3 years ago. Not even my montis lived

that being said it’s sucks the coral doesn’t look like the picture
I would give it plenty of light and flow
Just accumulate it first

 

[JGT]

Looks like you got ebayed. But Poccis are hardy and can come back. Start it low and slowly move up.

 

[ChiCity]

IMO the poccilpora is the toughest sps out there Mine survived a major tank crash 3 years ago. Not even my montis lived

that being said it’s sucks the coral doesn’t look like the picture
I would give it plenty of light and flow
Just accumulate it first

this, they literally grow like weeds
(literally sprout n spread uncontrollable weeds!)

 

[LIreefguy]

this, they literally grow like weeds
(literally sprout n spread uncontrollable weeds!)

Well not really grow like weeds still an sps but yes as far as sps go it grows like weeds

to me it’s the best beginner sps there is
If you can’t keep it alive don’t try any other sps

 

[PanhandleReef]

Don't worry that thing will have polyp bailout and be all over your tank in no time. Never again will I put a green pocillipora in my tank! It will recover after the shipping and you will more than likely wish it didn't. They do look nice though.

 

[PhilMStudy]

Appreciate all of your feedback, looks a little better today but will obv be a slow roll for a while

 

[Goaway]

I had a tank crash from a heater issue and my poci looked exactly like that after things calmed down and got back in order. That was the first coral to show signs of recovery.

Keep it clean and in proper flow and lights. It will surprise you.

Edit: and then it sends its polyps out to sprout babies everywhere to take over the aquarium.

 

[Jposch]

I would hesitate to buy from someone who is too lazy to build thier own website and sells exclusively through eBay. 9 years of taking it in the short on eBay and PayPal fees..? How adays you really need to research vendors. So so many hav popped up lately, and alot of them are not very good. Plenty of newer vendors that are not poor, and clearly old ones aren't any better sometimes. Hate to on the small guy, but not too impressed. Looking at the eBay pics, you can see the lower tissue is dead.

https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.socal_aqua_farms.a99a5cf8d7c1a0fa94f260cf1efa101c.html

 

[Pistondog]

Pocillipora use polyp bailout as a common method of reproduction, they don't wait for stress events like other corals.

 

[Goaway]

Pocillipora use polyp bailout as a common method of reproduction, they don't wait for stress events like other corals.

Kind of what I mean. Once it recovers and starts to thrive, OP is going to see shiny green things one night swimming around their aquarium with poci's popping up all over the place weeks later.

 

[LIreefguy]

It’s not that bad. They grow fast abs easy. But they are still easy to break off

 

[PhilMStudy]

Still alive and I noticed when I looked more closely in whiter light that the bleached out parts have tons of clear/white polyps extended out... not just a skeleton below...

 

[PanhandleReef]

Mine always had a white underside because of the way it grows. They have a very thick cauliflower top and that prevents light from getting to the base. Yours looks normal to me, with normal travel stress. They are pretty much bullet proof and I think it will be back to looking like the eBay very shortly.

 

[Ben Pedersen]

Pocillipora use polyp bailout as a common method of reproduction, they don't wait for stress events like other corals.

That depends on the variety of Pocillipora. I have multiple beatiful varieties. None have ever spread other then by fragging.

 

[Spieg]

Pocillopora is the Xenia of SPS. Learned it is a bad addition when it took over a tank quite a few years ago. Never again!

 

[albano]

Pocillopora is the Xenia of SPS. Learned it is a bad addition when it took over a tank quite a few years ago. Never again!

+1… been on my ‘Never Again’ list for over 15 years