Coral ID Request

[therealraf02]

Hello, I got this from petco today.
Any ideas what this is? (The encrusting coral on the left)

Thanks!

 

[Lavey29]

Looks like maybe some type of montipora maybe but I'm not sure

 

[therealraf02]

This was it in the store

 

[therealraf02]

Looks like maybe some type of montipora maybe but I'm not sure

Thinking it’s an encrusting psammacora!

 

[Lavey29]

Thinking it’s an encrusting psammacora!

If it came from petco and it's still alive that's already a win for the OP.

 

[therealraf02]

If it came from petco and it's still alive that's already a win for the OP.

Hahaha i feel you, petcos usually suck for this kind of stuff. However I’m in NYC and the flagship location here has a pretty nice frag tank, and the saltwater selection is impressive for a petco! I spoke to the manager and according to him, as they’re the flagship location they’ll be able to get in anything a customer requests eventually.
I’ll try to take a picture of the tank today since I plan on visiting again.

 

[therealraf02]

Video of the psammacora(?). Pretty interesting if you ask me!

 

[Lavey29]

Hahaha i feel you, petcos usually suck for this kind of stuff. However I’m in NYC and the flagship location here has a pretty nice frag tank, and the saltwater selection is impressive for a petco! I spoke to the manager and according to him, as they’re the flagship location they’ll be able to get in anything a customer requests eventually.
I’ll try to take a picture of the tank today since I plan on visiting again.

Surprisingly my Petco has a really well stocked and nicely maintained reef section too but this is rare with Petco.

 

[therealraf02]

Thats great! I just came back from a visit to POTO (Pieces of the Ocean). Super cool place, very cool dude working there as well. Probably the nicest corals and tanks I’ve ever laid my eyes on so far. The cleanest store I’ve seen too!

 

[thamnasteroid]

1st one is Cycloseris explanulata I think; 2nd one's a Porites

Edit: on 2nd thought, the branching coral might not be a Porites. Would need to see it in better lighting to tell

Thinking it’s an encrusting psammacora!

not Psammocora; notice the septo-costae are not petaloid

 

[therealraf02]

1st one is Cycloseris explanulata I think; 2nd one's a Porites

Edit: on 2nd thought, the branching coral might not be a Porites. Would need to see it in better lighting to tell

not Psammocora; notice the septo-costae are not petaloid

I thought the second one was a purple stylo? Or are you to referring to a different image?

 

[thamnasteroid]

I thought the second one was a purple stylo? Or are you to referring to a different image?

Yeah, it probably is. My mistake