Hitch hiker ID needed

[geckoman2003]

Yesterday I picked up a zoe frag that had what I thought was a dead skeleton on the rock. This was a wild collected zoe rock that was fragged by the LFS.

When I got home I dipped it and then added it to my tank. Low and behold the hitch hiker is alive. In the photo it is to the upper left of the larger group of zoes. It is kinda pink/purple with pink/brownish pollups.

Not shure what it is, but what ever it is I kinda like it.

 

[secretreefer]

idk looks like some kind of encrusting montipora. red looking polyps

 

[geckoman2003]

I was kinda thinking montipora myself, but wasn't certain.

 

[doylef4i]

I'm going to say porites

 

[Reef lvr]

I'm going to say porites

+++1

 

[Paul_N]

I'm going to say porites

+1 that would be my guess

 

[MoneyPit]

I'm going to say porites

^ I agree

 

[geckoman2003]

Very interesting! It seems we have a general consinceus.

I don't know much about porites. So feel free to educate me.

 

[Reef UP]

Porites is kind of like a monti except a little more aggressive and gerally willtollerate lower light

 

[geckoman2003]

"A little more agressive"? Should I isolate it like I did my gsp?

 

[MoneyPit]

Here's a link with some info on that Porite corals – Porite | Aquariums Life

 

[geckoman2003]

Thanks MoneyPit. That was a very good write up.

Sounds like a pretty cool hitch hiker. I really bought the peice for the nice zoe's. I thought the porites were dead. Bonus!