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[westmichigan]

Picked up this ugly duckling for cheap. It only had one polyp and was pretty much a goner. It now has recovered but I have never seen anything quite like it online.

 

[DSC reef]

I'm not positive that's an SPS coral, has a leather look to it

 

[lolgranny]

Agree, don’t think it’s a sps.

 

[westmichigan]

Are leather corals hard? I mean the coral is dark purple and hard like an SPS. But is super smooth when the polyps are retracted. If leathers have a calcium structure than that would make sense. I have never had a leather so I have no idea.

 

[DSC reef]

I believe the leather has grown over an old coral skeleton but I could be wrong.
#reefsquad

 

[KJ]

Look like leather its grown over!

 

[westmichigan]

Thanks everyone

 

[Big G]

Looks like a Stylophora aka "cats paw"

 

[29bonsaireef]

Caribbean star polyp or Encrusting Gorgonian. Keep it away from your rock work.

 

[Softhammer]

If it looks like a leathers polyps then it is a blue ridge coral. Not technically an SPS but still is considered one. Check out Heliopora Coerulia.

 

[westmichigan]

It looks just like the blue ridge coral that's listed on tidal gardens. It originally even had the white tip. I Didn't really care for this oddball originally but now that it's filled out and randomly has full extension or no extension I find it interesting.