Clown and Coral

[Warr7207]

Will my Pom-Pom coral be OK with a Clown fish living in it ?

 

[viper357]

What's a Pom Pom coral?

 

[mandarinman]

prob pincushion

 

[Warr7207]

What's a Pom Pom coral?

You guys all call it a Torch, I think

 

[Collare]

That looks like a plate coral.

 

[Warr7207]

That looks like a plate coral.

Bit of a tough one: Euphyllia - Torch, Hammer etc. or Heliofungia - Plate

I have seen Heliofungia named platecoral but also Fungia, Cycloseris and Zoopilius.

You tell me which one it is

 

[Collare]

I'll say it is Fungia, Euphylia is more branching.

Rather wait for someone more experienced to say what it is.

 

[Collare]

BTW my clownfish live in my branching Frogspawn(Euphylia Paradivisia) witout any problems, and i know someone on the forum whose clownfish live in a simillar coral than yours.

 

[Warr7207]

BTW my clownfish live in my branching Frogspawn(Euphylia Paradivisia) witout any problems, and i know someone on the forum whose clownfish live in a simillar coral than yours.

thanks for the info

 

[Kanga]

Plate Coral (Heliofungia) - Marine Aquariums of South Africa - wiki

Heliofungia

 

[Mekaeel]

my clown that hosts in my frogspawn makes a mess of it,the tentacles of the frogspawn tend to come loose and sting my SPS at times from my observation

 

[jacquesb]

Hi Warr - Definitely a HelioFungia..... or: Long-tentacled Plate Coral.....

 

[Warr7207]

Hi Warr - Definitely a HelioFungia..... or: Long-tentacled Plate Coral.....

Totally agree and the clowns love it, just scared one the coral eats one of my clown

 

[jacquesb]

Don't worry - those corals won't "eat" your nemo's - only nemmies could do that - IF the nemo's were sick - then they "lose" their chemical protection - then nemmie feasts..... Corals - no....

 

[Warr7207]

Don't worry - those corals won't "eat" your nemo's - only nemmies could do that - IF the nemo's were sick - then they "lose" their chemical protection - then nemmie feasts..... Corals - no....

Forgot about the chemicals, but that heliofungia has a big "mouth", I reckon if a dead clown (small) lay down there, it just may try eat it

 

[jacquesb]

Hahaha - it might try - but I still doubt it... I know - my fungia too have a decent sized mouth - you should see it when I feed it! wow!