What type of coral?

[abushr]

Hi everyone,

Who knows what exactly this is? When I bought it, they called it a wall coral...but it's not in any of my books.

 

[vvizz4rcl]

looks like hammer head to me

 

[returnofsid]

Looks like an Elegance coral to me.

 

[lmn420]

pretty sure there is a hammer coral that has a wall growth pattern, usually called a wall hammer. Never had one myself just heard.

 

[Katchupoy]

Any closer pic?? either way, its an LPS...

 

[fishoutofwater]

actually that looks like a pearl bubble coral. and yes its wall shape. The come in wall form like a hammer.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/pearl bubble coral/keri2000/Saltwater Nano/CIMG1850.jpg?o=6

 

[roscoe]

Either a pearl or octopus.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

I was going to guess pearl also, but a bigger photo would help. It's not a hammer/anchor though.

 

[fishoutofwater]

i saved the pic and blew it up and its definatly a pear coral.

 

[luisse25]

hmmm look like elegance from the pic...base on the skeletal structure...

 

[abushr]

I took a closer picture. I love this coral...it and my suncoral are my favorites. I feed it mysis shrimp 1 or 2 times a week. It'll even eat the chopped shrimp that I feed my anemonies. It's about 8-9 inches across and kinda zig zags back and forth---it's a nice size. It sometimes will have kinda feelers that float out...like my hammer and frogspawn corals. I actually have the 3 of them in the same area since they don't seem to mind each other and don't try to sting each other.

 

[luisse25]

does the mouth look like this?

 

[abushr]

No, it doesn't have one specific mouth. When I feed it, I squirt food all over the various sections...so I think it has multiples mouths.

 

[fishoutofwater]

like i said before its a pearl bubble. due to its size it does have multiple mouths. I used to get them in all the time in the wall form and they are a sweet bubble. I like them better than the standard bubbles. more interesting. nice score and nice piece.

 

[luisse25]

on your close up pic it doesnt look like elegance so elegance is out...yeah it could be pearl bubble coral....nice and big

 

[fishoutofwater]

here is another link to the pearl bubble. 4th and 5th picture down. they are marked

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...age_result&resnum=10&ct=image&ved=0CCsQ9QEwCQ

 

[abushr]

Thanks for the info.