help identifying a gifted coral

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My wife purchased me a very pretty "mushroom coral" from a local fish store, my gut tells me its some kind of LPS but i'm quite new to corals and have just started getting beginner softies. I want to make sure this fella gets the proper care so any help and info would be much appreciated!

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Your right its a lps, looks like a button scoly. Lower light placement. Mushrooms dont have any skeletal structure.
thank you! I have it high in the rock work, would you suggest sand bed? light is a reef breeders photon 50 v2 for reference
 

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thank you! I have it high in the rock work, would you suggest sand bed? light is a reef breeders photon 50 v2 for reference
sand bed will work make sure to feed it kind of mandatory to feed scolys otherwise they usually die
 
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sand bed will work make sure to feed it kind of mandatory to feed scolys otherwise they usually die
i've been hitting it with some frozen brine and I dose some reefroids bi weekly, seems to be doing well so hopefully I can keep it happy. Appreciate the help!
 

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How big is it? Does not look like a mushroom to me

looks more like a scoly to me (if it’s large)

or an acan
 

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How big is it? Does not look like a mushroom to me

looks more like a scoly to me (if it’s large)

or an acan
does look kind of like a acan do you know how much it was price would determine if it was a acanthophyllia
 

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if it was like £60-70 its a button scoly

if it was like £200+ acanthophyllia
 
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does look kind of like a acan do you know how much it was price would determine if it was a acanthophyllia
Just logging in today so sorry for the late reply, she said she paid $60 for it. Treating as a scoly for now, the corals gorgeous and thriving so I’m quite happy with it!
 

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