Coral ID help
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randomfishdude
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It's not gal. I have some of this and some gal. I don't remember what the name is though.
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The galaxea 20 years ago looked like that.
http://www.seascapestudio.net/reference/cnidarian.php?id=112
http://www.seascapestudio.net/reference/cnidarian.php?id=112
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It is a skeleton with the polyps at the surface. Very fleshy. When it fully retracted during the dip, it was a chalky white. Looked like it was covered in spider webs.
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Do they look like mini zoas in like a sheet covering the rock. With no gaps.
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No, not Zoas. I have had zoas for 7 years and they are different. Easy to see when then the polyps are retracted
Derrick0580
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Lephastrea or however you spell it
randomfishdude
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That's exactly what I was thinking. J didn't know the name but I have some.
thamnasteroid
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Definitely not Galaxea; Galaxea have larger plocoid/subphaceloid corallites with more exert septa. Your coral is Leptastrea cf purpurea.Galaxies looks like the one. Thanks reefers!
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