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Identification What in the heck is growing on my glass, corals, etc. Not sure what it is? Post here and we'll see if we can figure it out!

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Old 02-21-2009, 02:12 PM
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Any ideas? It's growing very well under MH 150w... thanks in advance!

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It's tough to tell what coral it is without also seeing a picture of it when its polyps are closed up or a pic of the mother colony. Can you disturb it or take a picture of it when its polyps are not out?
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Thanks Brian, the lights just went out... thx!

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Small frags like that can be tough to figure out. I'm pretty sure that it is a birdsnest coral, either Pocilloporidae or Seriatopora. Usually small frags like that don't have so many branches that length which helps to ID it as a birdsnest, along with the look of the polyps.
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Old 02-22-2009, 11:03 AM
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Thanks again... you called it. Narrowed it down to:
Seriatopora stellata

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