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[Liam's tank]

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

 

[steveschuerger]

Did come on the rock, assuming it was live rock?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Branching cyphastrea is my guess

Edit: never mind. Cyphastrea polyps don't have soft tentacles

 

[steveschuerger]

Cyphastrea would be one of my guesses, or if a hitchhiker might be star coral or a larger polyped porites

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Cyphastrea would be one of my guesses, or if a hitchhiker might be star coral or a larger polyped porites

See my edit

 

[Liam's tank]

Did come on the rock, assuming it was live rock?

Yes

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Look up Oculina robusta

 

[steveschuerger]

See my edit

I have terrible luck with Cyphastrea but I admit I thought it looked similar .

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Look up Oculina robusta

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/need-help-identifing-magical-water-tree.623863/

 

[steveschuerger]

Look up Oculina robusta

I think you’re right on target with this. Looked it up myself. Should’ve considered it since I had some in my first batch of rock . Couldn’t keep it alive unfortunately.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I think you’re right on target with this. Looked it up myself. Should’ve considered it since I had some in my first batch of rock . Couldn’t keep it alive unfortunately.

 

[Kasrift]

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Looks like an astreapora. There are branching varieties, but if this came from gulf live rock them it is something else.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Looks like what is known as hidden cup coral or pagoda cup coral

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Looks like what is known as hidden cup coral or pagoda cup coral

Nope

 

[Acros]

I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

 

[steveschuerger]

Looks like an astreapora. There are branching varieties, but if this came from gulf live rock them it is something else.

If it’s Gulf Live , I’d say it’s probably oculina. Most of the hitchhiker corals I’ve gotten have been from their rock.

 

[Kasrift]

I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

Yours is different than the original poster, yours looks like a tubastrea of some kind.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

Yours looks different than the OP's

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Do I win a prize ;)

 

[steveschuerger]

Looks like what is known as hidden cup coral or pagoda cup coral

Maybe. I’ve had hidden cup and the polyps were very long . Maybe pagoda.