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SawCJack00
06/03/2004, 10:28 AM
Hello Eric and anyone else who can chip in, what can you tell me about Oxypora spp. in particular Oxypora lacera regarding lighting, flow, and feeding in the aquarium? Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
SawCJack00
06/03/2004, 12:42 PM
Here is why I ask. I will be receiving this coral tomorrow. This is the picture posted on the website. They describe it as an Oxypora sp. What do you think?
reefnroll
06/03/2004, 01:06 PM
Hi SawCJack00 -

Clearly I'm not Eric... but I do have Oxypora and Mycedium in my tank.
That coral looks like Mycedium to me... lower to medium light and medium flow.

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SawCJack00
06/03/2004, 01:29 PM
Thanks for the info, I should have some perfect areas for it.
MarLooney
06/04/2004, 01:53 AM
yeah, that's not oxypora... but it's a very cool mycedium. i'm starting to get addicted to these type of corals :D
SawCJack00
06/04/2004, 11:39 AM
Yep after receiving it today, it is most likely a Mycedium sp. It is very nice.
EricHugo
06/08/2004, 06:43 AM
How do you guys know which genus it is? I can't tell.

Either way, both genera have been very tolerant for me of just about any reasonable reef tank parameters in terms of light, water flow, etc. I like them both a lot.
MarLooney
06/08/2004, 07:20 PM
oxy is much more spikey for one thing. mycedium is the smoothest of 'em all... outta that group. thickness of skeleton, coloration, tentacles or not, all these are things i've founds so far that help me to ID them.
EricHugo
06/09/2004, 07:06 PM
Hmm... interesting, because I thought you had to look for pits in the coenosteum to positively ID Oxypora ;-)
MarLooney
06/09/2004, 08:23 PM
i'm no expert but i just know what they look like. the hardest i think to seperate just by looks are oxypora and echinophyllia... but it seems oxy have much thinner skeleton and don't send out sweepers.
EricHugo
06/09/2004, 11:15 PM
Good observations. I agree those two are harder to distinguish. Mycedium, unless a convuluted growth form, has corallites pointed towards the margins...this one is sort of hard to tell...the fragility of the skeleton and the sweepers are not really determinative, but IME, do hold true. Of course, Echinophyllia and Mycedium do not always produce sweepers, and I have seen captive Echinophyllia with wafer thin skeletons.