Coral on carribean live rock

[crabinmyshoemouth]

LFS got a shipment of live rock from the Caribbean I forgot to ask locale . A couple pieces came with coral that survived the travel . This is one of the pieces any idea what kind of coral this is ?

 

[Nano sapiens]

Perhaps one of these two?

Manicina areolata – Rose Coral

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/manicina-areolata/

Isophyllia sinuosa

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/isophyllia-sinuosa/

My best guess would be the first one.

 

[snorklr]

rose coral

 

[crabinmyshoemouth]

I think rose coral manicina areolata looks most like it looking at pictures. Does anyone know if it’s rare in the hobby? It’s a nice coral and looking at ic compared to some of the photos online this is a colorful example

 

[mindme]

I think rose coral manicina areolata looks most like it looking at pictures. Does anyone know if it’s rare in the hobby? It’s a nice coral and looking at ic compared to some of the photos online this is a colorful example

It's rare because you can't buy them legally, you can only get them as hitchhikers on the rock as far as I know.