Is this a Dendro or a sun coral???

[eveningstar15]

I had purchased this online, I was told they were Australian Dendrophyllia, but to me they look more like a sun coral. I have had them for about a month, so I was just wondering what they really are??

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Looks like a sun coral to me. Why you ask? Mostly tentacle length (short), tissue color (yellow-ish), and lastly polyp size (small).

Nice looking coral!

Tom

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Just did a little more searching and it appears that the only way to positively ID is skeletal structure. So, call it whichever you want!

Tom

[dputt88]

Likely a dendro. Sun corals are all yellow

[micromount]

Aquarium Corals: A Look at the Sun Corals — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/12/corals)

[eveningstar15]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/17/yde4e5y5.jpg



I got a dendro at the lansing swap

[iamonlyme]

Looks like a sun coral :)

[eveningstar15]

Looks like a sun coral :)

Which one are you referring to

[demonclownfish]

Which one are you referring to

Ive owned both, you have a sun coral( OP ).

[iamonlyme]

The first post is a sun coral the second a dendro a suns tentacles are a more solid color where a dendro is more translucent

[eveningstar15]

The first post is a sun coral the second a dendro a suns tentacles are a more solid color where a dendro is more translucent

That's what I thought

[dave.522]

are these as hard to keep as blueberry georgonians? Id like a dendro, but havent had much success with other non photosynthetic coral like the blueberry georgonian.