Need an ID

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal

Just another girl who likes fish
View Badges
Joined
May 14, 2019
Messages
15,056
Reaction score
20,579
Location
Spring, Texas
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Resembles cyphastrea but the corallites are smaller.

20250502_165827.jpg
 
Could you get a better pic possibly? It looks like an Acroporid possibly; maybe Montipora or a small-polyped Alveopora. Or it could be Stylocoeniella; IDK
 
Could you get a better pic possibly? It looks like an Acroporid possibly; maybe Montipora or a small-polyped Alveopora. Or it could be Stylocoeniella; IDK
Yeah, that's a pretty crappy picture. I'll try to get a better one tomorrow.
 
FullSizeRender_63637f84-0335-42ee-9cfb-f74efddfc9ba.jpg
Montipora undata?

Edit: I see we're in the LPS forum, my bad
I don't believe it's a monti.

This is one of the many "MPS" corals... the polyps are not large but not as small as most SPS, lol.
 
nm, lol! My guess is stylo also.
 
Pavona of some variety

Edit: I take that back, I don’t see anything cauliflower like.

cyphastrea
 
I say stylocionella. I have two, one has long polyps out, the other looks like retracted cyphastrea with small heads/mouths.
 
It's not cyphastrea, the polyps are too small.
Def not pavona ;)
def not pavona, but is that full extension? Does it ever get any sweepers? Polyps are not dense enough (from what I see) to be psammocora either. Thst brings us back to some kind of monti.
 
def not pavona, but is that full extension? Does it ever get any sweepers? Polyps are not dense enough (from what I see) to be psammocora either. Thst brings us back to some kind of monti.
Or stylo
 
def not pavona, but is that full extension? Does it ever get any sweepers? Polyps are not dense enough (from what I see) to be psammocora either. Thst brings us back to some kind of monti.
I'll get better pics tomorrow. I just got the coral so not sure if that's full extension.
 
I don’t see any nubs or vertical growths for as far as it has encrusted. I wouldn’t think so, but for doing this for more than 2 decades, I am maybe the world’s worst at remembering coral species or identifying odd ones…. Or fish for that matter. I just never took an interest in absorbing the information. Sad, but true.

Fully open to being wrong.
 
Last edited:
The more i look online, the more I'm leaning toward stylo or some sort of monti. The pic below is blown up; the polyps are actually much smaller than they look, otherwise I'd say cyphastrea.

Regardless, I hope to keep it alive, lol.

20250503_095139.jpg
 
The more i look online, the more I'm leaning toward stylo or some sort of monti. The pic below is blown up; the polyps are actually much smaller than they look, otherwise I'd say cyphastrea.

Regardless, I hope to keep it alive, lol.

20250503_095139.jpg
Could you possibly bring it closer to the glass and take a photo up close?
 
Could you possibly bring it closer to the glass and take a photo up close?
Hey, i was trying to tag you (@encrustingacro), lol. Glad I realized this is you :)

This is probably the best pic I'll be able to get due to its placement in the tank.
 

Attachments

  • 20250506_124812.jpg
    20250506_124812.jpg
    313 KB · Views: 47

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHICH PART OF YOUR SETUP IS HARDEST TO REACH OR REMOVE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE?

  • Glass behind or beside the tank

    Votes: 9 25.0%
  • Powerheads or wavemakers

    Votes: 3 8.3%
  • Sump or rear filtration chambers

    Votes: 5 13.9%
  • Skimmer or other filtration equipment

    Votes: 2 5.6%
  • Overflow or plumbing

    Votes: 8 22.2%
  • Lights or lids

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mine is pretty easy to access!

    Votes: 8 22.2%
  • Other—tell us what I missed

    Votes: 1 2.8%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new