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Got this coral for free from the lfs on my birthday. She gave it to me to nurse back to health. She had one that was healthy n it looks like a ball of copper wire. She didn't know the name but said it was lps. Tried googling it but didn't find anything. It looked pretty rough when I first seen it but Since I got it its been improving daily. Thanks!!!




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Can you get a better picture? Zoom up on it with some more light.
 

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Try looking at Orange Leptoseris. That is the only coral that I can think of that would match that description.
 
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It's at the back of my tank so when a zoom it get rly fuzzy. I'll try again when my lights come on.

It looks maybe like it could be related to
Orange Leptoseris but I only say that because it looked slightly like the jack o lantern but the jack-o has green in its second And doesn't look tightly packed together. Mine looked like tightly wound brand new copper wire lol. Rly bright copper color.
 

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It still might be in family like leptoseris or pavona or lepastrea. Pavona looks more similar to leptosersis than a lepastrea.
 
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This is as zoomed in as I can get with my iPhone 6

I'll look around on google because It does look similar to what you said.
 
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Also this coral is in pretty bad shape but has been improving. Right now it looks way different than the healthy one at the lfs.
 

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