Coral identification

Alex114 · 01/30/2020, 09:01 PM

Not sure what this is. Got it as an extra on this zoa frag and it was about the size of the zoas. Now it has colored up and gotten significantly bigger. It moves like a mushroom coral but I haven’t seen any that look like this. Any idea?

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lionfish300 · 01/30/2020, 09:51 PM

Rock/ Flower anemone

ViPeR_930 · 01/31/2020, 02:25 AM

Is the skeleton hard? Pretty sure it's a fungia aka plate coral.

Gangous · 01/31/2020, 04:37 AM

Looks like a sm plate coral a very nice one

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Alex114 · 01/31/2020, 05:51 AM

I don’t think the skeleton is hard. It’s elevated about half an inch on the frag and I can see it flowing when water comes up underneath it, especially after turning the return pump back on after a water change. But It definitely looks like one after looking up pictures.

lionfish300 · 02/06/2020, 06:19 PM

Alex, if I see it right it blue with green/yellow tentacles? and a mouth?

Alex114 · 02/08/2020, 12:58 PM

Yeah. The pictures were under white light but all the colors really pop when under the blues. Also looks like the mouth is a bright pink/orange under blue light. After looking up plate coral I’m pretty sure that’s what it is

Sugar Magnolia · 02/08/2020, 01:25 PM

Yes, it's still a little one. It'll eventually come off the plug, just place it on the sand bed.

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01/30/2020, 09:51 PM	#2
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	Rock/ Flower anemone

01/31/2020, 02:25 AM	#3
ViPeR_930 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,538	Is the skeleton hard? Pretty sure it's a fungia aka plate coral.

01/31/2020, 04:37 AM	#4
Gangous Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 395	Looks like a sm plate coral a very nice one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01/31/2020, 05:51 AM	#5
Alex114 Registered Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 162	I don’t think the skeleton is hard. It’s elevated about half an inch on the frag and I can see it flowing when water comes up underneath it, especially after turning the return pump back on after a water change. But It definitely looks like one after looking up pictures.

02/06/2020, 06:19 PM	#6
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	Alex, if I see it right it blue with green/yellow tentacles? and a mouth?

02/08/2020, 12:58 PM	#7
Alex114 Registered Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 162	Yeah. The pictures were under white light but all the colors really pop when under the blues. Also looks like the mouth is a bright pink/orange under blue light. After looking up plate coral I’m pretty sure that’s what it is