Coral ID

[KeMiKiLL]

Can anyone tell me what this coral is?

I just purchased this complete pico tank and I'm having problem figuring out what this is. The original owner said all corals in the tank were LPS and softies, but a guy at the LFS just said this is a SPS coral.

Also, I'm treating the tank as it's mini cycling during after the move. In the first picture below, does the coral look retracted, or dead? Sorry for the picture quality but when I "feel" the coral with my soft tongs it just feels like teeth.

 

[KeMiKiLL]

Zoomed top down picture with pump off and phone filter on.

 

[KeMiKiLL]

Anyone?

 

[JosephM]

ALMOST looks like a leptastrea or cyphastrea but idk

 

[mdb_talon]

I cant say for sure from pics, but second pic in first post makes me think galaxea...which is lps.

 

[KeMiKiLL]

I cant say for sure from pics, but second pic in first post makes me think galaxea...which is lps.

I think this might be it. I wish I had better pictures of it from before....

These pictures are screencapped from the same video in the second pic above.

Do you think is looks dead in the first pic I posted? It just feels like a hard plate with no soft parts now. I found a picture of dying galaxea and the patches where the soft tentacles are gone look very similar to the "teeth" that remain now.

I'm wondering if I should pull the plug off my rock and replace it once I sort out params on this pico.

 

[mdb_talon]

It does look mostly dead. I would give it a chance i seen things come back from worse. On the other hand i would recommend not having a galaxea coral in a pico. They send out very long(several inch) tentacles that will be able to sting pretty much anything in a really small tank.

 

[KeMiKiLL]

It does look mostly dead. I would give it a chance i seen things come back from worse. On the other hand i would recommend not having a galaxea coral in a pico. They send out very long(several inch) tentacles that will be able to sting pretty much anything in a really small tank.

Ok. I'll leave the plug in there. I do see bright pink points under UV light.
The previous owner said there wasn't any stinging or toxic corals in the tank. Maybe it's not a galaxea? The tentacles coming off this when it looked happy weren't more than 1.5", or so.

 

[mdb_talon]

Ya the tentacles are normally pretty short....but when they want to they can send them across tank. Here are couple photos i found in a thread.

Pics of Sweeper tentacles from my Galaxea Coral.

Check Out the sweeper tentacles on this dude. Been stinging the back side of my Acan and the Gorgonian a good 4" from it.

www.nano-reef.com

 

[KeMiKiLL]

Ya the tentacles are normally pretty short....but when they want to they can send them across tank. Here are couple photos i found in a thread.

Pics of Sweeper tentacles from my Galaxea Coral.

Check Out the sweeper tentacles on this dude. Been stinging the back side of my Acan and the Gorgonian a good 4" from it.

www.nano-reef.com

Oh, wow! That is cool!