please help i.d. coral

[petemichelle]

please help i.d. coral. thanks in advance to everyone.

 

[WWIII]

Looks like Stylophora to me.

 

[petemichelle]

Looks like Stylophora to me.

are they problematically invasive?

 

[Krzydmnd]

are they problematically invasive?

Fast growing but not necessarily invasive. I believe Pocillopora are the ones in that family that people consider invasive because of how they drop polyps to reproduce.

 

[BoomCorals]

Fast growing but not necessarily invasive. I believe Pocillopora are the ones in that family that people consider invasive because of how they drop polyps to reproduce.

Looks more like a pocillopora to me?

 

[petemichelle]

anybody else? I got really scared of the pocillopora after reports of them invasive, so I yanked them all out. this one was not doing well when I got it and then it healed and started to sprout the polyps. I of course am still realing from the pocillopora scare so any input would be greatly appreciated.