Help ID Coral

Sundog101 · 10/02/2014, 06:39 PM

image.jpgHey, I need some help indentifying this coral. I picked it up a couple of days ago and assumed it was a finger leather. When I got home, I was doing some research and found that it looked similar to some sps corals. I don't have the high intensity lighting for a sps. I'm a beginner and this may be a silly question but I just need to make sure this is a soft coral and not a sps.
Thanks!

bull shark · 10/02/2014, 07:42 PM

Looks like a finger leather to me.

Turbo4toy · 10/02/2014, 08:41 PM

SPS stands for small polyped stony coral so if it was SPS it would be hard to the touch and rigid.

cloak · 10/03/2014, 11:25 AM

Sinularia I believe.

Sundog101 · 10/03/2014, 08:17 PM

Thanks for the replies! Now I'm pretty sure its a finger leather. It looks good and seems to be doing great!

10/02/2014, 06:39 PM	#1
Sundog101 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 94	Help ID Coral image.jpgHey, I need some help indentifying this coral. I picked it up a couple of days ago and assumed it was a finger leather. When I got home, I was doing some research and found that it looked similar to some sps corals. I don't have the high intensity lighting for a sps. I'm a beginner and this may be a silly question but I just need to make sure this is a soft coral and not a sps. Thanks!

10/02/2014, 07:42 PM	#2
bull shark Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 62	Looks like a finger leather to me.

10/02/2014, 08:41 PM	#3
Turbo4toy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 54	SPS stands for small polyped stony coral so if it was SPS it would be hard to the touch and rigid.

10/03/2014, 11:25 AM	#4
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Sinularia I believe.

10/03/2014, 08:17 PM	#5
Sundog101 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 94	Thanks for the replies! Now I'm pretty sure its a finger leather. It looks good and seems to be doing great!