Is this a scoly or a

[halperin]

http://d1pss2hrj93n2k.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DSC_0068.jpg

 

[halperin]

I hit enter on accident. Guess you cant edit threads? seems terrible. anyways is this a scoly or an acanthophyllia. never seen a scoly this color

 

[Reeferdude56]

that is an acanthophylia

 

[halperin]

thanks. how can you tell exactly?

 

[Tab28]

I would also say acanthophylia aka meat coral. Meat corals get much bigger, have a more wavy skin appearance. Scoly is more smooth. Meat coral looks like crinkled crepe paper.

Also the bottom of scoly has a flatter skeleton. The meat coral is more pointed, like a funnel.

 

[Reeferdude56]

I do believe it is an acanthophyllia but by the picture it looks very small. There is also a type of mini scoly that looks similar to that. I would say wait till it grows and if it becomes very fleshy it is an acanthophyllia but if it doesn't it is a mini scoly. Look up mini scolymia one Google and there should be an article about them.