Help with I.D. on this soft coral?

[DirtMcGurt]

I got this coral with my last tank and I haven't been able to find it online. I'm sure it's a common soft coral but I cant pin it down. Its brownish-red in color and the polyps are star shaped. Like a large GSP. Any ideas? In the pic.. it's the coral in the center and in the top right corner. Not the Green Star Polyps, obviously.

 

[sfin52]

Xenia. Thats what it looks like to me. Can you get a pic with white lights

 

[eggplantparrot]

Clove polyps?

 

[DirtMcGurt]

This is an older pic, from about 9 months ago. It's the 2 pieces of coral in front of the overflow baffle. One on the sand bed and one right next to the baffle. I'm not home right now. Otherwise I'd take some better pics. I can later if itll help.

 

[DirtMcGurt]

Please pardon the ugly algae in that last pic lol. I've since gotten it under control.

 

[ReeferBean]

Cespitularia?

 

[DirtMcGurt]

I googled that Cespitularia. The polyps look right but I dont think my coral branches out like the Cespitularia. Unless there are different varieties of the stuff. Which is possible.

 

[VSVP bet]

I can find the name for it, its a long polyp xenia species I believe. Its beautiful but grows fast, if you want to keep it long term, i recommend isolating it on a rock on the sand bed, this way it will not spread and smother corals. Its just easy to manage isolated.

 

[DirtMcGurt]

I'll look thru the xenia species and see if I can get a name. It is a nice coral and looks great blowing around in the current. I'm looking to get rid of it tho. As my other corals are getting larger. So I wanna be able to tell, whoever gets it, the name of their new coral .

 

[reef lover]

Red xenia.

 

[Opus]

Brown Anthelia

 

[reef lover]

Could be anthelia as well...a little elongated .

 

[DirtMcGurt]

here's a better pic. I hope.

 

[DirtMcGurt]

I'm thinking xenia too. I thought that xenia had much smaller polyps but I may be wrong.

 

[DirtMcGurt]

Anthelia looked right too. It's got 8 "fingers" on each polyp. If that helps.

 

[d-man]

Anthellia 100%

 

[fragit]

Absolutely Anthellia

 

[DirtMcGurt]

I think its settled lol. After doing more research, and with all the comments, I'm 99.999% sure its Anthellia. I really appreciate everyone's input in this. You folks are awesome! Now I just gotta find a new home for it.

 

[fragit]

Sell it or trade it with your LFS!