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davejnz
11/04/2004, 04:02 PM
Anyone out there keeping these beautiful LPS?My LFS has a huge colony of plating Merulina in there display
(wont sell) and they wont be fragging it until Jan.I have heard they are diffucult to keep.Share your experiences
milhouse74
11/04/2004, 07:24 PM
Isnt this an SPS?
davejnz
11/04/2004, 08:35 PM
not IMO
milhouse74
11/04/2004, 09:04 PM
Opinions aside, I may be wrong, but I think they are. Everything from my search on google appears to support it as well, do some searching. I think these really are SPS.



http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/shopping/jalstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=c-imeruls


http://market.aquariumhobbyist.com/detail.php?cat=18&de=425

http://drmaccorals.com/sys-tmpl/newarrivalsspscoralsmediumsb/view.nhtml?profile=newarrivalsspscoralsmediumsb&UID=10210
milhouse74
11/04/2004, 09:07 PM
While I will agree before it is said that some corals on macs site are clssified wrong:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=471&TopCatId=322

so a google search for SPS and Merulina
Flanders
11/05/2004, 09:22 AM
I am keeping one and it is an sps. I don't think they are all very difficult to keep, but they grow really slowly. I don't give mine any special care or anything.
davejnz
11/05/2004, 05:45 PM
SPS are generally thin tissued small polyped corals.Merulina like Mycedium,Oxypora are thicker tissued,not really a LPS but not SPS either IMO.Either way,they're beautiful.Flanders,what kinda lighting and flow is yours in?Ever seen any sweepers from it?Do you keep it with softies?
Flanders
11/06/2004, 05:40 PM
Mine is in medium-high flow and medium light under the center brace between 2 175-watt halides. I've never noticed sweepers from it but I haven't had it for that long and I don't think I've looked at it at night yet. I did some research before I got it and supposedly they do get long sweepers but don't really do any damage to other corals. I do keep a few softies. It's not a very colorful one, rusty brown. Here's a bad pic, it's to the left of the large polyped gorgonian:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/17431rightsidetankoct1.jpg
davejnz
11/06/2004, 08:55 PM
nice piece,I've seen the one at the LFS growing right into zoanthids with neither being harmed.It did however sting some GSP's that were encroaching.