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TysFish

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Does anyone know what coral this is?

It was on a piece of live rock I bought a while back and can’t identify it.


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Possibly a Stylocoeniella, maybe a Space Jam or Looney Tunes. Possibly a lepto, though the spots look more like individual polyps (stylo) rather than small pools (lepto).

If it is a stylo - it's an encrusting SPS that does well with decently high PAR (200-350) and strong flow, though it might need lower flow than usual to recover from its current state.
 

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if the live rock was from the gulf, then it's either Porites or Madracis. Otherwise, I would also say Stylocoeniella
 

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On second inspection, it seems that the rock does not seem to be the coral skeleton (coralline growing in between the polyps). My guess is some sort of octocoral
 

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