Coral ID

[Weylin]

I know its in really bad condition.. I hoping it will get better. What can i feed it.. Daphnia ? cause they don't sell plankton or anthing else.. I could'nt resist buying it since it was just 3$..

 

[Billy the kid]

The Protopalythoa Button Polyp Corals, also referred to as Moon Polyps, Encrusting Anemones, or Sea Mats, are generally brown or tan in color, but may also be green and fluoresce under actinic lighting. They are a colonial animal with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of live rock or coral rubble. They look dead man...

 

[Weylin]

hmmm could be...

 

[Weylin]

Any tips on how to choose a healthy piece ? Most of the lfs don't have proper lighting..

 

[Pufferpunk]

Not dead, just bleached. Good feeding & little lighting (keep on bottom for now), should bring them back to their true color. Try mysis shrimp soaked in Selcon & SW vits.

 

[micstarz]

Wow, and I thought my zoas were totally bleached and near dead! Your LFS sure takes bad care of corals.

 

[Reefscape]

Not dead, just bleached. Good feeding & little lighting (keep on bottom for now), should bring them back to their true color. Try mysis shrimp soaked in Selcon & SW vits.

Agreed...and i would never shop there again...

 

[Weylin]

There's a very small amount of shops that keep marine livestock.. And even fewer get softies.. Most of them don't know what it its or how to keep it..

 

[micstarz]

And I thought no where was worse than Hong Kong...

 

[BIGgourami]

There's a very small amount of shops that keep marine livestock.. And even fewer get softies.. Most of them don't know what it its or how to keep it..

just guys diving for stuff to sell, huh?