Can someone please ID this coral?

[mogurnda]

What is sick about it? The polyps look contracted, but not particularly diseased. It may take a little while for it to settle in.

Clean conditions, good light and gentle circulation usually bring corals around.

 

[reefking]

someone said if there is a white slime on them, that it may be sick, and a couple of them do. About how long do you think it will take to open up all the way.

 

[OrionGirl]

White slime, or thick mucus? the brown polyps I had were some of the slimiest buggers. Very normal, and if they were irritated--ie, moved, touched, looked at sideways wrong, they could produce gobs of the stuff. Nothing unhealthy about them, just a good defense mechanism, since few fish will put up with a mouth full of goop to get a nibble. They can pout if unhappy with conditions, but did fine under VHO's in my tank. Under MH, they would open further, and looked better. When mad, they'd stay closed for 2-3 days sometimes.

 

[reefking]

I have one more question, about how often should I feed these guys, and is zooplankton the only thing they eat, also will they reproduce and get bigger or is just stay the way they are?

 

[wastememphis]

Just an observation, they might not like the power head directly behind them... maybe thats why they haven't opened?

 

[Mahlhavoc]

I told him this

 

[OrionGirl]

One post per topic, please!

 

[reefking]

I did move the powerhead, and they seemed to like that better.

 

[wastememphis]

One post per topic, please!

?? I didn't see that the first time.

 

[OrionGirl]

This used to be 2 threads, with different titles. I merged them into one thread, and put in that note. Wasn't implying that each member could only post once per thread, just that multiple threads on the exact same topic is discouraged.