Coral id

SATELLITE · #1 07-20-2010, 07:01 PM

need help tring to figure out what this is. thanks

Zoaelite · #2 07-20-2010, 07:08 PM

That's a tough one, have any night photos? I would say its a galaxea fascicularis.

Here is a similar one http://directsealife.com/shop/images...scicularis.jpg

josie · #3 07-20-2010, 07:10 PM

pavona
it's very agressive, dont put it near other coral

nlreefguy · #4 07-20-2010, 07:12 PM

It looks like a type of hydnophora to me...

delo978 · #5 07-20-2010, 07:23 PM

I think it looks more like a green flowerpot myself

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/image...Pot_Red_ps.jpg

there's a green one at my LFS

reefwars · #6 07-20-2010, 08:04 PM

Gonna second the goniopora(flowerpot) I have a Large green one it looks like tahr when disturbed, they don't gave a reputation of living past the firstyeR something like less than 10% make it???

reeferious · #7 07-20-2010, 10:50 PM

kick my ass if i'm wrong but it's an unhappy looking galaxia.

Myka · #8 07-20-2010, 11:13 PM

Please take a photo when the tissue is retracted so we can see the skeleton. I am almost 100% sure it is not Galaxea nor Goniopora, but I need to see the skeleton to ID for sure.

Buzz · #9 07-20-2010, 11:29 PM

This is a happy galaxea.

This is kind of ****ed off.
The skeleton looks totally different than yours.

Myka · #10 07-20-2010, 11:55 PM

The photos that SATELLITE posted show a coral with "mouths" in between the "clusters" of tissue. Neither Galaxea nor Goniopora have this trait.