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Unread 02/28/2021, 12:18 PM   #1
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Please help ID this coral!

I posted this in the soft coral section as well. I picked this up at my local fish store. It was a 10 dollar coral. The manager there said it was an SPS coral but it almost looks like a type of hairy mushroom? Any ideas?


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Unread 02/28/2021, 04:12 PM   #2
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Looks similar to:
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...&c=597+599+675


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Unread 02/28/2021, 04:25 PM   #3
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Looks to possibly be metalic orange Stylocoenelia encrusting coral to me, or a different color maybe.


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Unread 02/28/2021, 06:37 PM   #4
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Thanks guys!


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Unread 02/28/2021, 11:12 PM   #5
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I'm 95% sure that's not SPS. Can you take a picture with the polyps retracted? Kind of looks like green star polyps to me


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Unread 02/28/2021, 11:54 PM   #6
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Could be a retracted Goni:
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...28&pcatid=7328


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Unread 03/01/2021, 12:13 PM   #7
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Could also be briarium, brown star polyps.


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Unread 03/01/2021, 08:17 PM   #8
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That sounds right Adrienne, I forget they come in other colors besides green!


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Unread 03/13/2021, 06:34 AM   #9
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Pictures of coral closed

sorry for the delayed response. I had some Well issues at my house I had to deal with! Here are some pictures of the coral closed. These are the best I could do. coral closed.jpg

coral closed 2.jpg


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Unread 03/13/2021, 08:24 AM   #10
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Looks like a gold Leptastia to me.


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Unread 05/21/2021, 05:46 PM   #11
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Looks to possibly be metalic orange Stylocoenelia encrusting coral to me, or a different color maybe.
You are exactly right, after lots of looking I think you nailed it. Thank you so much!


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