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Dean1985
02-21-2017, 04:26 AM
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Bought this the other day and forgot to get the name. It's pure white.

Any ideas?
NU-2reef
02-21-2017, 04:55 AM
Alveopora
SeaHorse_Fanatic
02-21-2017, 07:01 AM
Pure white lps (unfortunately) tend to be coloured corals that lost their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae). Hopefully this is NOT the case for your coral.
Dean1985
02-21-2017, 03:12 PM
It's strange it doesn't have the tips/feathers off the polyp like alveopora but it looks the same closed up.

If this has lost its colour does that mean I bought a sick coral? Or it's going to die?
IronChefItaly
02-21-2017, 07:57 PM
+1 Alveopora. Keep in mind, that like goniopora there are many different subspecies of alveopora.