Caribbean SPS

[BristleWormHater]

I need to get it cut free from that base rock so it can melt under 8000 par up top :D

Hit me up if theres spare parts lol

 

[386reeftrader]

That yellow base one is cool. Mustard hill is bright yellow but never seen it with the reddish polyps. There’s a purple porites from the Caribbean that’s one of the most intense purples out of any SPS I’ve seen. It’s less common around FL waters though so would be unlikely to find on LR

 

[MeganV]

Not to hijack this thread, but I have something similar that I've been wondering what it is. I thought it might be bernardpora, but seeing the suggestion of porites, I'm wondering if that's what it is. I was sold this as a goniopora by Petco.

Any thoughts?

 

[Rocks reef]

It is hard to speculate without a photo of the skeleton, or at least a photo of colony with polyp retracted.

I would not say it is Alveopora spp. As for this genus is Indo/Pacific, has usually 12 tentacle per polyp. I would also say no to Goniopora spp. Again it is not found native to the Caribbean.

If a photo can be taken showing the corallite,(with polyp closed)and a more detailed accounting of the rock history I could possibly identify family/genus

It has 12 tentacles per polyp. I would agree on the porites.

 

[Doctor Derp]

Not to hijack this thread, but I have something similar that I've been wondering what it is. I thought it might be bernardpora, but seeing the suggestion of porites, I'm wondering if that's what it is. I was sold this as a goniopora by Petco.

Any thoughts?

is it from the caribbean?

 

[MeganV]

is it from the caribbean?

I have no idea I just thought it looked similar to what OP posted.

 

[Doctor Derp]

I have no idea I just thought it looked similar to what OP posted.

Maybe try making your own post. If it came from Petco, it's 100% not what we are discussing here.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

We probably have 350lb of KP Aquatics rock from the Florida keys between all of our systems. There are three or four varieties of this coral on a few of the rocks. Most are just a basic brown color, but a few show brighter colors, greens and reds mostly.

This one here has probably doubled in size since arrival six months ago. I love having oddball stuff like this.. anyone got an idea of what species it might be? Thanks in advance!

Very very cool