Coral I.D.
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Looks a lot like a Manicina areolata (rose coral). Would need a white light pic to really be able to tell. Also, if using a phone to take the pic, place it flat to the glass when taking the pic. It will help get a clearer pic.Searching by Atlantic Brain I can’t find any info, I got this on a piece of live rock from gulf live rock.
You can also google “rose coral” or the proper name I posted and look at pics from the search. Sometimes best to compare that to what you have, as pics can be a pain from time to time lol.
Dolphins18
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They often come in on Gulf rock. Cool corals, I've got a few. Same as @Eagle_Steve said, they are rose corals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicina_areolata
An LPS none the less and one I find fairly unique. It likes a little food, usually wont thrive in your acro system but do great in a mixed or LPS dominated reef. Can handle decent light but don't blast them.
An LPS none the less and one I find fairly unique. It likes a little food, usually wont thrive in your acro system but do great in a mixed or LPS dominated reef. Can handle decent light but don't blast them.
If a rose, they range from 20-150 feet deep on average (at least where inhave seen them diving and collecting shroom and rock flower nem). This would typically mean lower light for the most part in out aquariums.
I currently have a few of them and some lesser starlet corals from live rock and have them on or near the sand bed in light/moderate random flow. A few pieces are a few years old and have grown well in those areas. Last par reading was about 100-150 par depending on the location.
Yup hungry Manicina areolata (rose coral) in that pic lol. You can feed them tiny bits of mysis and other meaty foods. They will appreciate it. And when I mean tiny, I am referring to what a 2" clownfish would be able to fit in its mouth. They can take larger food, but it takes more energy to digest a larger piece than a few smaller pieces. This is why I recommend smaller over what they can take.
Possible favia fragum (golf ball coral), Siderastrea radians (lesser starlet coral), or Dichocoenia stokesi (eliptical star coral)
Hard to tell, as I am on my phone. Give those 3 a quick google search and see if any look like what you have. Care for all 3 is about the same as the rose, excluding the lesser starlet. Those guys can take some serious par, as they are known to grow in tide pools in less than a foot of water at high tide and dry at low tide.
