Something LFS called a Cup Coral?

[Clint]

It looked like Alveopora, however I did not count the tentacles. What do most people refer to as a Cup Coral? Is my guess of Alveopora probably correct?

[jimmy n]

I thought cup corals were calcium loving hard corals that grew in a cup shape. Maybe they were flower pot corals or goniopora.

Jim

[polo]

Maybe a Pagoda Cup coral?

[docmal]

Most specieces of turbinaria are called cup corals. They are closely related to alveopora and giniopora but do well in most aquariums. They grow in a plate like cup and have polyps like alveapora.

[AkaSlyGuy]

I am thinking along the same lines as Docmal. The picture below is a tubinaria (cup coral) that I had. I liked it a lot.

http://members.aol.com/akaslyguy/images/lettuce,%20clown,%20shrimp.jpg

[smokinreefer]

hmmm...ive always called that turb. a yellow scroll coral.
and i refer to t.peltata as a cup coral. more fleshy and larger polyps. just a piece of trivia. :)

[Clint]

I have always heard tubinaria called cup coral also, but it definately was not like the picture. This thing had each "petal" on a stalk (not real long). It looked a lot like Alveopora pictures I have seen. Just want to make sure something else is not very close in appearance and my guess is wrong.

[slash7]

I have one of the aforementioned "Cup Corals" (turbinaria peltata) and its doing quite well. It's about to have its one year anniversary in my tank. It is cup-shaped (well..actually more like a bowl), cream-colored with numerous "hairy" polyps that extend approximately 1/8" above the surface. Seems to like high to moderate light, and moderate water flow.
The picture in the previous post looks like turbinaria reniformis, also called yellow scroll.

[Doug]

Hi Clint,

Here is a pic of my plate coral:

http://www.hawkfish.org/90gallon/052001/cup.jpg

And here is one of my Alveropora:

http://www.hawkfish.org/90gallon/052001/alveopora.jpg

HTH

Doug

[Flatlander]

My turbinaria is more like Johns. Here is a pic of mine, propagated by hacksaw and a piece of propagated alveropora

http://dlowey.homestead.com/files/DCP00403.jpg

http://dlowey.homestead.com/files/DCP00419.jpg