Pineapple Tree Coral dropping limbs

[MuralReef]

So I got this coral about a month ago and since it has been in the tank it has dropped 2 limbs.

. I glued one to a plug.

and it is looking pretty good. I was worried I placed the parent colony in too high a flow area so I moved it to a lower flow area and it closed up and wouldn't stand up straight. I moved it back yesterday and it looks great again. Is it dropping limbs because it's having its needs met? When I say it is looking good the main stem is standing up and the polyps are extended.

 

[asn-naso]

Isn't that a Kenya tree AKA weed?

That is normal for them.

 

[MuralReef]

Got it from Seth he called it a pineapple coral. I hope it's not a weed. He said it never dropped limbs in his tank.

 

[sethsolomon]

Isn't that a Kenya tree AKA weed?

That is normal for them.

Nope Kenya tree is a different shape and is brown. that its a metallic greenish color

 

[MuralReef]

Did some more research same genus different species. So their behaviors may be similar. Hope it doesn't act like a weed!

 

[Smiley]

if it does act like a weed, hope its at least a really cool color...

 

[MuralReef]

I think it looks cool. Like Seth said the trunk is a metallic green color and the polyps are purple when closed and maroonish when open.

 

[sethsolomon]

craigslist the frags or take them to the frag swap

 

[MuralReef]

Not bringing frags to the swap. Too many things wrong right now. Pest problems and possibly ich. Looks like ich on my blue tang it will be gone for a couple of days and then show back up for a day. I'm not going to pass any of that on to my friends to get a few frags. Really sucks since I have quiet a few things I could swap!

 

[Smiley]

ya i want one!

 

[MuralReef]

ya i want one!

I have one ready if you want to risk it.

 

[JuanGutz]

I would take one but not going to be up in aurora soon

 

[FishTV]

Looks like a finger leather to me. Mine is probably the size of a cantaloupe, but self frags all the time. I will bring some to the frag swap.

 

[sethsolomon]

Looks like a finger leather to me. Mine is probably the size of a cantaloupe, but self frags all the time. I will bring some to the frag swap.

naa finger leathers are different.

 

[jda123]

They do this when they are happy. They will be everywhere before long - my guess is that you will see them as a weed one day. The cool thing is that they are easy to get rid of - just grab them and pull them off of the rocks.

 

[MuralReef]

Found another limb on the opposite side of the tank and it looks like a few more are pinching off.

 

[sethsolomon]

Found another limb on the opposite side of the tank and it looks like a few more are pinching off.

I am sorry! I never realised it could drop branches :/ but hey! sounds like some people are interested in it

 

[MuralReef]

I am sorry! I never realised it could drop branches :/ but hey! sounds like some people are interested in it

I'm not worried about it yet. I like to coral and if it gets annoying I'll give some away.

 

[ReefCheif]

Ive heard it called pinapple as well, very similar to Kenya tree, in fact the only difference I noticed was color, Ive had both and It will get annoying, I PROMISE. Its fairly combative, Ive had it kill zoas before and it spreads like nothing else, it cannot be contained and when you try to remove its as bad as aptasia, cut it off all the way down to the rock, and guess what, it grows right back. If you like it i would reccomend watching the mother and remove any peices that fall off, otherwise it will take over, give it a couple months.

I do keep a kenya tree becuase my file fish likes to eat it, but anytime it drops a frag it gets removed immediatly and flushed!

 

[MuralReef]

That's worrisome!