Can anyone ID this?

sbash · May 21, 2018

I picked this up as a random rock with some polyps on it about a year ago, the guy I got it from said it had some zoas on it... The full story is here:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/are-these-micro-zoas.315236/

I'm thinking some sort of Monti, probably encrusting. The base is a weird green with nice bright blue polyps:

Thanks!

cracker · May 21, 2018

here is a bump for you.

Bpb · May 21, 2018

That looks an awful lot like lantana montipora. I realize you’ll google it and see a lot of branching pictures. It will encrust a ton before it branches though. Mine has anyway. It’s encrusted probably a 4” diameter area without sprouting a branch yet

Dsnakes · May 21, 2018

I’ve got one called an appleberry montipora that is green with blue polyps.

Bpb · May 21, 2018

Dsnakes said:
I’ve got one called an appleberry montipora that is green with blue polyps.

If it’s the Battlecorals apple berry that’s a palawanensis, doesn’t really match the picture

sbash · May 22, 2018

Bpb said:
That looks an awful lot like lantana montipora. I realize you’ll google it and see a lot of branching pictures. It will encrust a ton before it branches though. Mine has anyway. It’s encrusted probably a 4” diameter area without sprouting a branch yet

Haha, yeah I have some digis that have done that. So far no indication of branching, but the growth has just taken off over the last six weeks. Thanks!