coral hitchicker help

[ReeferGoneMad]

hey guys the other day i decided to break the piece of tonga my yuma was on because of its size. in the process i found a spawn of either a goniopora or an alveopora at first i thought it was an encrusting montipora. its the size of the first digit on a pinky finger. the thing is i need some help on how to feed it as i only know that usually in captivity a goniopora will bud and drop a piece. its polyps are so small and i dont know what it could eat. this is where i need ur help if u can. right now i have oyster eggs will this work. or should i start blending some baby food?

 

[Deanos]

Count the tentacles on a polyp. 24 means it's a goniopora, while 12 means it's an alveopora. Any other number means you need to post a picture or give a better description.

 

[mgchan]

Congrats on the "freebie" hitch-hiker!

You may need to feed it phytoplankton. Do a search on both and it'll help you narrow down the identification and feeding.

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

i have a goniopora but hes huge the biggest thing in my tank. deanos i tried counting and got 11 or 12. its tricky but also between those tentacles there are seem to be smaller ones but i could be wrong. ill try when i get home. also the polyps mouths are literally smaller than the period in this sentence. i mean i havent really seen small polyps like this they are small. any other suggestions.

 

[mgchan]

If the yuma and the tonga it's on, has been in your tank for a while, and you don't have an Alveopora in your tank, then it's a baby from your Goniopora.

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

nah the yuma was just bought.sorry i didnt put that

 

[mgchan]

Oh well... there goes my deductive logic! LOL:scratchch

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

thanks but hey guys any advice. i really would like this coral to survive and since my tank is fairly new this would be a pretty cool experience. ok i have narrowed it down to possibly an alveopora spawn and its super small. if any1 can give me suggestions on what to feed it i would greatly appreciate it.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

do the tentacles protrude from the skeleton pretty far or are they more flush? Porites is the most frequent tag along I see on shipped corals and it is easily confused with montipora to the untrained eye. The porites usually range from a yellowy mustard color to a greenish mustard color and it is encrusting much like the porites found on XMas tree worm rocks. Any pics you can get would help a lot with the ID.

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

they do protrude i will try to take pics later. but could possibly be porites although the arms do protrude far out and i even noticed acrospheres on the tentacle tips since this mourning. ok guys no more guessing i need to know if someone knows what it can eat please.thanks