Coral I.D?

[Jaco2420]

Does anyone know what these are? There are 3 stems with about 10 heads per stem. I got it with a price of live rock

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like branching bubble coral.

 

[Jaco2420]

Looks like branching bubble coral.

I don’t think so. Each polyp has a mouth

 

[DSC reef]

Not sure, I was thinking plerogyra simplex or physogyra lichtensteini

 

[living_tribunal]

Cristata? Or perhaps bounce?

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

Possibly some colour form of Blastomussa merletti?

 

[inletfish]

alveopora fo sho

 

[inletfish]

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[DSC reef]

Possibly some colour form of Blastomussa merletti?

I agree, I've had blastomussa swell up like that.

 

[Jaco2420]

alveopora fo sho

alveopora fo sho

No not for sure, it doesn’t look like any of the google images

 

[living_tribunal]

No not for sure, it doesn’t look like any of the google images

It’s definitely not alveopora lol

 

[sixty_reefer]

It looks a bit like the Smurf polyps but with a bounce to it.

 

[inletfish]

No not for sure, it doesn’t look like any of the google images

should have read the op better i skimmed over the branching description.

 

[living_tribunal]

should have read the op better i skimmed over the branching description.

I haven’t seen a branching alveopora

 

[inletfish]

Nemenzophyllia possibly

I haven’t seen a branching alveopora

me either thats why i said i should have payed more attention to the op which i will do in future.

 

[Rifts2Reefs]

Looks a green/blue Sympodium with swollen polyps to me.
Hard to see in the pictures, but I can sort of see the little fringes on the ends of with polyp.
Just my guess, could be wrong, since the OP mentioned the corals are branching (Sympodium are encrusting mats, last I checked).

 

[Jaco2420]

Looks a green/blue Sympodium with swollen polyps to me.
Hard to see in the pictures, but I can sort of see the little fringes on the ends of with polyp.
Just my guess, could be wrong, since the OP mentioned the corals are branching (Sympodium are encrusting mats, last I checked).

do you know what would cause the polyps to swell like that?

 

[Rifts2Reefs]

do you know what would cause the polyps to swell like that?

Hard to say for certain, could be various factors (ie: change in water chemistry going from one tank to another, lighting, feeding response, stress, etc...)

I think I see some small aiptasia growing around the base of the polyps, maybe they're stinging the coral and the stress is causing them to swell?

 

[Jaco2420]

Hard to say for certain, could be various factors (ie: change in water chemistry going from one tank to another, lighting, feeding response, stress, etc...)

I think I see some small aiptasia growing around the base of the polyps, maybe they're stinging the coral and the stress is causing them to swell?

Yes I have a huge aiptasia problem in this tank, I set up a reefer 170 now though. I’m going to try to save the coral when I switch things over but I might not be able to because I really don’t want aiptasia.