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[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

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

It's not either. They don't branch like this one.

 

[vetteguy53081]

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

I too leaning towards Pagoda

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

From https://gulfliverock.com/hitchhiker-id

OP's coral

 

[Liam's tank]

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

Wow great thread, thank you!

 

[Kasrift]

I too leaning towards Pagoda

Still not sure that is from the same region for where gulf rock is collected. I thought pagoda cup corals were a species of Duncans and from Australia area.

 

[steveschuerger]

Right now I’ve got 2 hitchhiker corals that came from Gulf Live that are up and growing. And some dendros that my overzealous Jawfish buried. Definitely fun trying to figure what they are. I’ve figured out the larger is a rose coral and maybe I should post to see what the other is besides a green lps.

 

[Kasrift]

From https://gulfliverock.com/hitchhiker-id

Looks spot on and super cool.

 

[Liam's tank]

From https://gulfliverock.com/hitchhiker-id

that definitely looks like it, finally some closure lol.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

that definitely looks like it, finally some closure lol.

I edited post #23 and put your coral right under the one from gulf live rock..

 

[Liam's tank]

I edited post #23 and put your coral right under the one from gulf live rock..

That looks spot on, again thank you!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Still not sure that is from the same region for where gulf rock is collected. I thought pagoda cup corals were a species of Duncans and from Australia area.

You'd think a former LFS owner would know this...

 

[Miami Reef]

Great job, @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal !! :D

She’s the best at identifications!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Great job, @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal !! :D

She’s the best at identifications!

Thank you, but there are others much better than me... @WheatToast and @ISpeakForTheSeas , just to name 2.

 

[Miami Reef]

Thank you, but there are others much better than me... @WheatToast and @ISpeakForTheSeas , just to name 2.

Yes, they are also amazing at identifications! :)

 

[Liam's tank]

Thank you, but there are others much better than me... @WheatToast and @ISpeakForTheSeas , just to name 2.

well I've been searching for an answer to this question for five months and you figured it out in five minutes. Don't sell yourself short!

 

[blaxsun]

Pagoda cup coral?

 

[Reefing102]

Looks like Oculina robusta just an uncommon color morph

 

[Acros]

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

Aren't all tubastrea non-photosynthetic? I have never fed this coral or any coral in my tank in the last 3 years and my fish mostly get pellets.

Yours looks different than the OP's

The individual polyp/head structure is extremely similar. It is very fluffy in that pic. It is however not a branching type of growth.

Edit: mine looks a lot like Montastraea cavernosa.

 

[Kasrift]

Aren't all tubastrea non-photosynthetic? I have never fed this coral or any coral in my tank in the last 3 years and my fish mostly get pellets.


The individual polyp/head structure is extremely similar. It is very fluffy in that pic. It is however not a branching type of growth.

Edit: mine looks a lot like Montastraea cavernosa.

Not sure if they are all non photo synthetic. I have 3 NPS corals. I do have tubastrea and I don't always feed it. I assume it catches some copepods and amphipods at night that might just crawl on them. I have a ton though since I dose phyto daily.