Coral ID please?

[Hiachi20]

Thank you for the help got for $20

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Hard to tell , looks like it could be blastos or Duncan's
Most likely blastos due to the lack of branching patterns

 

[P-Dub]

That also could be a bleached out sun coral. In which case, it needs a spot with no to very little light and regular hand feeding...

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like a dying pagoda cup coral.

 

[Hiachi20]

Agreeing on a bleached tubastrea. Little light in shade and lots of reef roids. I fed it reef roids already. Densely, on the polyps.


Thanks!

 

[dirtycontour]

I’d steer clear of whoever sold you that. You could do much better for $20

 

[Hiachi20]

It was credit so I didn't care too much. Also, I like a white coral lol. Also, their store is pretty bad sometimes. Flatworms, ich, pests. Terrible

 

[ontop27]

So you like spending credit on a dead / dying coral??

 

[Hiachi20]

So you like spending credit on a dead / dying coral??

Sometimes

 

[ontop27]

To each his own.. looks likes your growing a dead coral collection in there lol

 

[Hiachi20]

To each his own.. looks likes your growing a dead coral collection in there lol

How unique

 

[Hans-Werner]

My Duncanopsammia grow in a similar shape. Depending from the size it is either Duncanopsammia or a frag of Turbinaria.

 

[Hiachi20]

Here's a photo of it more closed up. My vote is on sun coral tubastrea. Looks like it's missing a lot of flesh and it's bleached but if it grows I'm happy. Idk much about coral but this one was more of an experimental coral anyway

 

[Hiachi20]

Photo

 

[sp4zzy]

Definitely an unhappy sun coral. Get it in some shade and make sure to spot feed regularly and it should recover just fine!

 

[Hans-Werner]

I just wonder how Tubastrea can bleach since it doesn´t harbor zooxanthellae. Usually coral bleaching is the loss of zooxanthellae. I also wonder about the greenish ring around the mouth opening.

 

[Hiachi20]

I just wonder how Tubastrea can bleach since it doesn´t harbor zooxanthellae. Usually coral bleaching is the loss of zooxanthellae. I also wonder about the greenish ring around the mouth opening.

Here is a photo of it all the way open. I was wondering the same thing about the bleaching without zooxan and the green opening. It's not super green but it is for sure a green or yellow tint. Perhaps residual from the old colors. The white t5 is pretty much fully blocked and it gets some of the blue but is in a lot of shade. I'm feeding it a lot. Reef roids, frozen foods. Should I make a point to feed the polyps at the bottom? They're not positioned very well, nor open up a lot

 

[DSC reef]

Could be a Duncan coral? Not sure though.

 

[Hans-Werner]

For me it looks like there are some remains of zooxanthellae or zooxanthellae coming back in the lower polyps. This means Duncanopsammia. Opened up it looks pretty much like a compact bleached Duncanopsammia.