Help ID SPS?

jbm421 · 03/02/2019, 08:18 PM

I picked up this coral that I have never seen before as I thought it was absolutely stunning but can’t figure out what it is. It looks like a monti but with tentacles like galaxia’ish it was thought to be a type of Merulina but turns out it’s not.

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kevin_e · 03/02/2019, 08:21 PM

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jbm421 · 03/02/2019, 08:30 PM

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kevin_e · 03/02/2019, 09:01 PM

Hmm interesting. Maybe some sort pf Pavona?

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jbm421 · 03/02/2019, 09:13 PM

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Hmm interesting. Maybe some sort pf Pavona?

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That’s a good guess but no they have hairs these are more galaxia tentacles with balls on the end lol I will post another pic of a frag I took off of it.

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kevin_e · 03/02/2019, 09:14 PM

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That’s a good guess but no they have hairs these are more galaxia tentacles with balls on the end lol I will post another pic of a frag I took off of it.

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Thats a stumper. Hopefully someone chimes in. Not familiar with it.

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pisanoal · 03/03/2019, 08:26 AM

Looks like a hydnophora to me.

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jbm421 · 03/03/2019, 08:40 AM

Nope definitely not that either

Diverdown1 · 03/05/2019, 01:31 PM

Plating hydnaphora - http://www.melevsreef.com/critter/hydnophora-microconos

pisanoal · 03/05/2019, 01:36 PM

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Plating hydnaphora - http://www.melevsreef.com/critter/hydnophora-microconos

Yep. That's my bet

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jbm421 · 03/08/2019, 03:57 PM

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Yep. That's my bet

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That’s really close but it’s not it. Hydnophora Microconos doesn’t have the individual tentacles that this does rather it has a cluster kind of around a polyp although that is a coral I have never seen before that’s not it either. The detail of the polyps is how to tell the difference. Thank you for trying though I have been in this hobby for 15 yrs and haven’t seen either.

jbm421 · 03/09/2019, 08:04 PM

Not sure but it’s one of the coolest sps corals I have ever seen I love the thing.

reefmutt · 03/19/2019, 06:27 AM

Merulina? I think that’s the spelling..

Softhammer · 03/21/2019, 11:48 AM

I’ll put everything on hydnophora still. There are many species of them. Not just what the coral dealers have and very often mis-identify. Those rings of polyps around the bumps are called hydnophores.

03/02/2019, 08:18 PM	#1
jbm421 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 168	Help ID SPS? I picked up this coral that I have never seen before as I thought it was absolutely stunning but can’t figure out what it is. It looks like a monti but with tentacles like galaxia’ish it was thought to be a type of Merulina but turns out it’s not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/03/2019, 08:26 AM	#7
pisanoal Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 705	Looks like a hydnophora to me. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk __________________ Tony

03/19/2019, 06:27 AM	#13
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Merulina? I think that’s the spelling.. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

03/21/2019, 11:48 AM	#14
Softhammer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 235	I’ll put everything on hydnophora still. There are many species of them. Not just what the coral dealers have and very often mis-identify. Those rings of polyps around the bumps are called hydnophores. __________________ You spent how much on what?

03/02/2019, 08:21 PM	#2
kevin_e Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,083	Pic without blues on please. Sent from my LM-Q710.FG using Tapatalk

03/02/2019, 09:01 PM	#4
kevin_e Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,083	Hmm interesting. Maybe some sort pf Pavona? Sent from my LM-Q710.FG using Tapatalk

03/03/2019, 08:40 AM	#8
jbm421 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 168	Nope definitely not that either

03/05/2019, 01:31 PM	#9
Diverdown1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 20	Plating hydnaphora - http://www.melevsreef.com/critter/hydnophora-microconos

03/09/2019, 08:04 PM	#12
jbm421 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 168	Not sure but it’s one of the coolest sps corals I have ever seen I love the thing.