Galaxea?

[smdoty]

I can't remember what the guy at the LFS told me this was, but I fell in love with how brightly colored it was and for $20, I couldn't help myself.

 

[kbuser92]

Ooooh. Aaaah.

 

[little_fish]

looks a bit more like green star polyps to me. Either way, pretty!

 

[Zissou]

If it looks like sections of teeth it's a galaxea, also known as tooth coral, of course. :^:

 

[smdoty]

If I shine a flashlight on it after dark it stretches out its little tentacles about an inch.

 

[little_fish]

that would a galaxia. Those little tentacles have quite the stinging power and can extend for quite the distance, make sure he has plenty of room!

 

[smdoty]

The closest thing to it is a feather duster that is like 6 or 7 inches away. That should be safe right? I'm going to try to keep the thing relatively small. My LFS said they'd buy frags from me if I had success with it. I guess it isn't one they grow in house.

 

[little_fish]

should be, but I wouldnt stake my life on it. Just keep an eye on it :)

 

[OceanCorals]

Looks like Green Star Polyps By The Pics

 

[smdoty]

Are the green star polyps softies? This thing definitely has a hard skeleton.

 

[little_fish]

yes, GSP is a soft coral. But they encrust onto the rocks so might be looking at a chunk of rock it is growing on

 

[Bifferwine]

Green star polyps grow on a characteristic bright purple mat. That definitely looks like galaxea to me. If you are planning on growing it out and fragging it, I hope you have patience! It's a very slow growing coral.

 

[smdoty]

That's ok with me. It isn't very big and in my little 29 gallon tank I'd rather not have it stinging everything to death, so as long as it stays small I think I'll be ok.