Help Id this coral

[Jhoussock]

Saw this coral at an lfs and the worker wasn’t sure what it was... it glowed really bright under blues looked white and glowed an orangish peach....letters were rubbed off but from what I saw it was orange s_ofi... any ideas?

 

[sfin52]

Can you take a shot with white lights. It will help

 

[James M]

Sorry I can’t ID but that looks very bleached

 

[Softhammer]

It’s badly bleached out whatever it is.

 

[AbnormalReefer]

Looks like a very bleached mushroom of some sort, maybe discosoma.

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like a very bleached homophyllia australis (scoly)

 

[Jhoussock]

Scoly looks right...I think the bleach look is from the filter I used to tone the blue down...it was glowing like a lightbulb and I couldn’t even see the coral in pictures...I know these pics don’t help but you get an idea of how it glowed

 

[Lloyd Williams]

Did you get it though

 

[Jhoussock]

No was afraid to with not knowing anything about it ....might go get it if I can Id it for sure

 

[James M]

No was afraid to with not knowing anything about it ....might go get it if I can Id it for sure

Dsc said it’s a scoly

 

[Lloyd Williams]

No was afraid to with not knowing anything about it ....might go get it if I can Id it for sure

That’s the thing though... it’s like a box of cracker jacks... never know what you gonna get lol

 

[Jhoussock]

I never saw a coral illuminate like this one it wasn’t just a blue light color pop it was a glow....really neat I’ve looked at scolys but haven’t found a match yet

 

[James M]

I never saw a coral illuminate like this one it wasn’t just a blue light color pop it was a glow....really neat I’ve looked at scolys but haven’t found a match yet

Your not going to find a match because it’s really bleached. Save your money

 

[DSC reef]

I never saw a coral illuminate like this one it wasn’t just a blue light color pop it was a glow....really neat I’ve looked at scolys but haven’t found a match yet

I'm pretty positive it's bleached from intense light which is giving it a "brighter" appearance. I'd honestly pass on it unless your willing to nurse it back to health and depending on price it could be risky.

 

[Jhoussock]

Your not going to find a match because it’s really bleached. Save your money

K thanks for clarifying ....let me ask you this would an unbleached orange still glow under normal light?

 

[DSC reef]

Tell them to turn the whites on and take some pics. Just for reference, this was a pink scoly I had for years under 14k halides.

 

[c.poindexter]

Definitely backing the scoly ID

 

[James M]

K thanks for clarifying ....let me ask you this would an unbleached orange still glow under normal light?

No, Its would look pale. A good example of this is a bleached bubble tip anemone vs. a non bleached one under blues