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Posted: October 09 2013 at 1:46pm |
Can anyone tell me what type of coral this is? I have seen it in documentaries but not finding any info about it online. It was on a clam that came with some LR last year and the clam recently perished due to the weight of the coral I assume. 
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 1:49pm |
Cleaner shrimp 
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 3:41pm |
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The cleaner shrimp kept photo bombing my shots.
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 3:55pm |
Hard to tell from pic but my guess is Tubastrea / Dendrophyllia
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 4:02pm |
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Do they have soft bodies?
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 4:15pm |
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I also have those on some mussels that came from live rock n reef, they are harder bodies and have little feelers that come out during feeding and at night
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 4:30pm |
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Yes that's where I got these. Hard body with semi-transparent tentacle feeders.
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 4:58pm |
Here's a better pic with a different camera: 
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 5:05pm |
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Looks like some sort of candy coral...
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 7:39am |
You may have already found this but here is a pic that came up in a search. I believe Bryce is right that it is a type of Dendrophyllia.  I doubt the coral was the reason for the Clam's demise, but it could have been pretty easily removed from the clams shell. What could have caused the Clam to perish  Have Alk and Ca been within range and stable in this tank? How long had the clam been in the tank? How clean is the water, meaning is there food for the clam? What is the lighting? These are a few questions that come to mind. You probably know this but Dendrophyllia is non-photosynthetic and appreciates fine particles of food floating past it. At night the zoo-plankton which comes up into the water, out of the sand and rock, feeds this coral.  yum Aloha, Mark 
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 8:26am |
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Nope...
It's either an Oculina species (uncommon but common on live rock farmed in Florida) or a Cladocora. Exact identification to the species level would require knowing exactly where it was collected and examining a bleached skeleton.
Some of the species are photosynthetic, but others aren't. The best way to tell is to watch its response to light and a lack of feeding.
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 8:30am |
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Does it have a tint of green in?
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 1:14pm |
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I agree that it appears similar to Cladocora.
Zach told us that it came in on a clam. Assuming that was a Tridacna Clam, then it came from the Pacific so it
could not be Oculina nor Cladocora. My research indicates those are not Pacific but rather Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico corals.
Am I missing something?
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 2:37pm |
I believe that reef-n-rock get their LR from Caribbean/Gulf. I think
the clam is a rock clam. I have 4 of them and they have been in my tank
for over a year. I dose phyto feast and oyster feast once or twice a
week. Expensive stuff. I think this coral is related to the picture posted above. My RBTA has grown and is now irritating one of the clams. 
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 2:38pm |
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 2:39pm |
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 2:44pm |
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RSM 250 T5 lighting with bi-monthly water changes. My parameters are pretty stable. Trying to grow a few acro colonies. Thanks for all the info and responses.
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 2:47pm |
Avoiding work and getting photo happy. Here is one of my best acro colonies: 
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 4:31pm |
Beautiful colony!
 znoob wrote:
Avoiding work and getting photo happy. Here is one of my best acro colonies:
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Posted: October 10 2013 at 9:18pm |
Aha, Nikki was right. I know what you mean about it being expensive. I have found many ways to make the hobby more economical. When you run out of Phyto-Feast, I'd be glad to share some Tahitian Blend algae paste. I have more than I need. It's way less expensive than Phyto-Feast, with three kinds of single celled algae. A few drops feeds 150 gallons of reef. It's stored in the freezer so it stays fresh for months. As far as zoo-plankton, Oyster Feast is hard to beat. I feed un-drained crushed up frozen meaty foods to the inverts in my systems.
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