Anyone help me with an ID??

[chemfisher]

I've had this coral in my tank almost since it started and it has recently began growing! But, I have no idea what it is!!

 

[k2parkstar]

It's hard to tell from the picture but kinda looks like a sponge

 

[chemfisher]

Ya this is a crappy pic... It's very flat and appears to have a lot of very small heads or polyps ? On it that close up if touched or if a crab walks across it

 

[k2parkstar]

Bump, an ideas out there?

 

[chemfisher]

I wish I had a better camera !! Whatever it is I have noticed some new heads beginning to grow onto the live rock I've placed it on

 

[Reefing Madness]

Not a clu from that shot. Something that shows one of the polyps would help.

 

[ferguson2]

Possibly a faded monti

 

[Flavum]

Shark egg!!!

 

[chemfisher]

This is a better pic I think ... Can kinda see the little heads on the coral

Anyone tell what this is from this new pic?

 

[Connie]

Looks like a browned out monti to me. Put it in some light and it will probably turn colors....

 

[chemfisher]

Should it be put into high light ? Because its been in my tank under my normal light schedule for at least a month

 

[CoryC]

hyrdoids?

 

[Tahoe61]

Possibly encrusting Porites.

 

[Coral Dreams]

Yellow Polyps

 

[chemfisher]

Possibly encrusting Porites.

I am thinking this or encrusting monti ... what's the difference?

 

[Tahoe61]

I am thinking this or encrusting monti ... what's the difference?

That is a good question, both are considered SPS. I imagine the difference is probably the skeletal structure/Corallite. Montipora and Porities are in different families.
I have had Porities show up as a hitch hiker on LR in the past.

 

[Engloid]

Perhaps a Pocillipora? I had one pop up in my tank before, and it stayed flat for some time before it began branching out.

 

[NanoPoseidon]

+1 to Encrusting Monti

 

[Mike J.]

Colonial polyps of some kind. How many tentacles are on each polyp?

 

[chemfisher]

Colonial polyps of some kind. How many tentacles are on each polyp?

Kinda hard to tell but it seems they have about 10-15 tentacles.