Coral ID please

carbasaurus · May 30, 2021

This is my first time posting a new thread so hopefully doing it correctly. Bought this coral at a local fish store. Was just growing on the bottom and had them drag a piece. They had no idea what it was and neither do I. It’s been growing for several years. More turquoise than it looks in picture. Strongly encrusting, no sweaters or visible polyps. Not aggressive at all. Holds its color well and is completely blemish/disease free.

carbasaurus · May 30, 2021

Spell check got me twice: frag a piece not drag a piece and sweepers not sweaters

Reefer508 · May 30, 2021

Maybe green leptoseris

carbasaurus · May 30, 2021

That’s high on my list of possibilities but it’s a lot smoother than my other leptos and doesn’t have the striations the other ones have. Still, pretty good chance that’s what it is. Picture doesn’t do it justice. Everything is too blue when taking pictures under LEDs with I-phone

tbrown · May 30, 2021

carbasaurus said:
That’s high on my list of possibilities but it’s a lot smoother than my other leptos and doesn’t have the striations the other ones have. Still, pretty good chance that’s what it is. Picture doesn’t do it justice. Everything is too blue when taking pictures under LEDs with I-phone

See if you can manually adjust the pictures. Use the closest to 10000 kelvin that you can. Most people download camera apps that have Kelvin adjustment or filters.

That's my green lepto (probably actually a pavona).

carbasaurus · May 30, 2021

Mine is definitely not as “fuzzy” as that one. Really smooth, almost polished and never see polyps. The frag was the triangle you can make out on the picture, the rest is growth in my tank. Pretty slow but steady growth wise

tbrown · May 30, 2021

carbasaurus said:
Mine is definitely not as “fuzzy” as that one. Really smooth, almost polished and never see polyps. The frag was the triangle you can make out on the picture, the rest is growth in my tank. Pretty slow but steady growth wise

Like I said, I'm pretty sure mine is a neon green pavona as the leptos don't seem as hairy. Supposedly pavonas and leptos are the same corals with very minor differences between the two. Often used interchangeably.