Encrusting coral ID?

[Shaina Carey]

My local LFS didn't know the kind of coral.this was, can anyone identify it?

 

[Dilan Patel]

Looks like a bleached out cactus/pavona coral. SPS coral and pretty aggressive.

 

[KingTideCorals]

Maybe a Lepto?

 

[Shaina Carey]

Looks like a bleached out cactus/pavona coral. SPS coral and pretty aggressive.

Any way to cure it if it is bleached?

 

[Stuartmercer]

Yeah looks like either a lepto or maybe a pavona.

 

[Pico bam]

Looks like a lepto but could be a pavona not terrible bleached just a little white i wouldn't worry about it

 

[boeingn747]

My local LFS didn't know the kind of coral.this was, can anyone identify it?

That coral does not look bleached. Did they tell you that It was a encrusting coral but just didn't know the name?? It is not a cactus pavona

 

[boeingn747]

It looks to me like a leptoseris coral. Give that a Google and see if that looks like what you have.

 

[Shaina Carey]

That coral does not look bleached. Did they tell you that It was a encrusting coral but just didn't know the name?? It is not a cactus pavona

Yeah, they said it was an encrusting coral, but he didn't know the type.

 

[boeingn747]

Yeah, they said it was an encrusting coral, but he didn't know the type.

I looked at your picture again and I really think it's a leptoseris or some closely related coral.

 

[Shaina Carey]

I looked at your picture again and I really think it's a leptoseris or some closely related coral.

Will look up the care. :)

 

[homer1475]

looks like a mini frag of the exact hairy pavona(AKA cactus coral) I have in my tank.

 

[homer1475]

Hairy pavona for reference.

 

[Shaina Carey]

Hairy pavona for reference.

It does look like that. I did refer to it as "furry" when I asked the guy about it, lol

 

[Shaina Carey]

A few more pictures

 

[Rmckoy]

I have a green pavona and it doesn’t look like that . Or the cactus that was posted .
I have a chalice with a pinkish colour that looks very similar

 

[homer1475]

I also have a smooth skin pavona(AKA Mint chip pavona). Probably very similar to yours @Rmckoy?

 

[Rmckoy]

I was told it was a green pavona that’s it
the pink one at the bottom is what was supposed to be a chalice of some sort .
I might be able to find the name again if I looked

Sorry for the dirty glass at the bottom .
27” down is a long reach