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Old 10-19-2007, 02:12 PM   #1
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New coral - Octopus?

I just picked up a new frag from the LFS and they said it was an octopus coral, but I can't find much on the net about one to even know if that is truly what I got. It has the hard skeleton similar to a candy cane coral but the soft part looks similar to a bubble. They are green with pinkish brown tips, almost like an anemone. So do I have an octopus coral or what do I have?

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Common names IMO should be outlawed. Could it possibly be a Plerogyra sp.? A pic would help.
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Old 10-19-2007, 06:06 PM   #3
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Re: New coral - Octopus?

Well, after some photo search on the net, I believe what I have is either a branching frogspawn or torch. They sold me two heads rubberbanded together, so my next question is how should I put these in he tank? Should I just put the branch into a crevice in the rock or try to epoxy it to a rock? I will probably split the two heads up, since they are seperate, I might as well have two colonies instead of one. Provided I can find space so that the sweepers don't get into anything else.
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Here is a photo after I got it in the tank.

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Frogspawn Coral, It need high light to grow well.
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