I wanna see some examples of hydnophora

[jrue]

It seems that hydnophora is either very rare, or very unpopular as I cant seem to find out any biology or even some photos of the aforementioned coral.Sooo... if y'all wanna help me and post some pics and biological info...
Oh yeah happy holidays everyone. Hope y'all get that new skimmer or any other goodiesthat you may desire.

[mojoreef]

Hynophora:
This coral is green, brown, or when it doesn't get enough light it turns yellow. It can be a beautiful flourescent green.Likes medium to strong water movement, prefers turbulent flow. Requires strong light. This is not hard to keep as long as the above requirements are met along with maintenance of calcium, strontium and trace elements. It sends out short sweepers so give it lots of room. When it attacks something it envelops it in a spyder web like mass, and the thing dies quick

hope it helps


Heres a pic of mine. (so so pic)

[AkaSlyGuy]

I just got this today. Is this the same thing?

[Wrasse Man]

Here is mine from a few months back:

[jrue]

O.K. Thanks for the pics peoples.Here's the deal: My little ol' hydnofrag is still green and glows under the actinic bulb. Now a while back I was told that my lght was not sufficient for it, and unfortunatly I was in a financial strap (thank you Bin Laden, I really appreciate it ,along with the rest of us I'm sure) so I wasnt able to upgrade the lighting yet. I'm guessing the the zooanthela are still hanging in there as the still flouresce. Unfortunatly there have been no polyp extentions for a couple of days and other things have alsoe started to go haywire. Massive red slime blooming, bushy green blooms and moderate browns are blooming. Two of my yellow tail damsels are now gone and Ph fell,nay ,plummeted to 7.4 Alk is still >3.0 .I am going to do several water changes over the next few days and hope that something changes soon.Oh yeah I also recently had half of my astrea snail population kick the proverbial bucket as well.What the heck is goin' on here

[blaneperun]

Growth in a captive environment


Hydnophora Pilosa has grown very well for me in captivity. Typically Hydnophora does well in captivity but it has been documented to have a break-in period. Many people have reported different species from this family having a major recession after a month or so in captivity. Every Hydophora I have owned has gone through this period, about 30-45 days in the tissue started dying back rapidly. This particular piece I cut into the good tissue separating it from the bad and stopping the progression. Coupled with some dips in diluted Lugo's Strong Iodine I was able to stop this infection and a year later the coral grows tremendously. Every three months I am able to go in and separate these two to three inch extended plates that have grown. I then take the cutting and divide them into three or four pieces depending on how big the cutting was. I adhere the fresh props on plugs and within 2 weeks I see the tissue growing over the adhesive.

[Rick O]

Hi blaneperun,

I have two hydnaphora frags from different colonies that have showed no growth since I've had them. One is almost a year old and the other is about six months old. The tissue looks good and there is good polyp extension but except for one of them encrusting a little bit nothing else has happened. I had always heard that they were slow growers but this is no noticable growth in a year. I know my tank conditions are good. I have many other SPS in the tank and they are all doing well.

[blaneperun]

Rick O:

I had an article published on exactly my experience with Hydnophora Pilosa in TFC the Aug issues of this year. It may be some good further reading, you might be able to find it online.
Anyway with regard to your question, The genus Hydnophora is from the family Merulinidae this thing actually dates back to the Cretaceous period according to Vernon. The photo I have posted is Pilosa the formation is a series of beautiful sweeping plates and the species is actually uncommon. I have experienced tremendous growth with this and the others I have kept with the exception of a magnificent piece of Exesa I got off Dick Perrin last year that had died off. The species above, I believe Grandis, or Rigida come from similar environments most of them being collected in lagoons and shallow reef areas. Exesa is found is found in all reef environments and consequently is discernable from others. In a captive environment Hydno’s reportedly have a small growth spurt and then sometimes begin rapid tissues recession and sometimes develop a secondary infection and pass away. I would suggest experimenting with the placement of the several colonies you have for starters keeping in mind where they are coming from in a natural environment. In closing you make a comparison to growth by saying your other sps are doing well. The statement is a bit relative to what you might consider well. Are the sps growing, what are the species some grow quicker than others. For example if you are keeping Yongei you can’t
hardly expect your Hydno to keep up with the pace of that. A bit more info will help me.

blane perun