Coral ID

[TanGo]

Need to help ID this..

[Tanzy]

Is that a hard coral?

Looks like Porites or Montipora.

[Phang]

Tango,

You got that from Reef world???

Irene told me that its a Acro.......

Some sort of encrusting kind........

Got one in my reef too......

[Tanzy]

Doesn't look like acro to me, no axial corallites.

[Phang]

hmmmm...... interesting..... it has purplish edges where new growth takes place.... and also whitish purple polyps.....

definitely a SPS ......

[Tanzy]

Probably a Montipora but not Acropora. Porites are rarely this dark purple.

[TanGo]

They should be treated like SPS? Last time I saw there were two more in reef world.. I am really new in this.. Hope that I didn't make the wrong move in getting this.. But from what I saw in this forum, SPS rarely come by nowadays.. That's why I took one when I saw them..

[TanGo]

Tango,

You got that from Reef world???

Irene told me that its a Acro.......

Some sort of encrusting kind........

Got one in my reef too......

How much did you pay for it?

You very close with irene? I had bad experience with her leh.. Her price very ex one leh.. I always approach the Thai workers or the other old man..

That time she quote my fren $60 for a clam..

[Tanzy]

Shouldn't just grab what you can get but rather what you know you can keep.

Know what the requirements are before purchase. It should be given all the conditions of SPS but if it is a Montipora, it will do OK with less light than Acropora but will still need MH at least.

[TanGo]

Shouldn't just grab what you can get but rather what you know you can keep.

Know what the requirements are before purchase. It should be given all the conditions of SPS but if it is a Montipora, it will do OK with less light than Acropora but will still need MH at least.

geez.. Me using FL.. 20,000k 15W 18" with blue actinic 15W 18".. And I put it right on top.. Nearest to the light.. Izzit okay?

[Tanzy]

I would love to tell you ok, but I don't think it will make the lighting requirement no matter how close you place the coral to the lamp. Best is to return it for money or it will surely die. Montipora has been known to grow under PL/PC lamps in excess of 200W though, but that is brighter than some MH.

[Phang]

Think its too little....

FL lights dosen't have the intensity even if placed just below them..

and btw, lighting isn't the only factor to consider before you are able to keep SPS.......

[TanGo]

Hmm.. Maybe go custom make one MH.. What is the difference between a pendant MH and the other light casing type?

[TanGo]

Tanzy, If liddat, then I bring to the chit chat/ gathering session.. You help me look after it first until I custom make the MH?

[Tanzy]

Same. Any thingie that holds a MH bulb in a reasonable casing is referred to as a pendant. A commercial pendant with ballast that looks cool and neat while holding the bulb is called a luminaire.