Help identify this new Coral

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Does anyone know what this coral is called? I’d like to do research on caring for it. It seems to be maintaining but I feel like it could do better if I knew how to handle it. Thanks for your help.

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Looks like a very mad ceptulina coral. Does it open at all and have clove like polyps? Do the polyps have stalks? Here is a semi happy one.

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Does anyone know what this coral is called? I’d like to do research on caring for it. It seems to be maintaining but I feel like it could do better if I knew how to handle it. Thanks for your help.

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Does anyone know what this coral is called? I’d like to do research on caring for it. It seems to be maintaining but I feel like it could do better if I knew how to handle it. Thanks for your help.

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@Pale Morning1
if the op would get a clean topdown shot,
it’d be quite easy to identify what she has…

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like…. durrrr…. does it have a mouth?
Ok I’m new to all this stuff and I posted some new photos that are a little better I moved it closer to the glass for better visibility.
 

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If it is indeed a mushroom (doubtful), it's not long for this world, either.
I can’t say that it’s thriving but I wouldn’t say dying either. It’s just not happy. I’m trying to fix that. I posted better pics tonight.
 
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I’m going to vote it’s a Sinularia polydactyla. A better photo will help but it really reminds me of this species of Sinularia.
I’m sticking to this vote, assuming that’s the coral shrunken down.
 
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Thank you! I did a little reading and feel real confident it’s a Colt coral. If so, then I have some ideas to make this little guy take off. I’ll be moving him this morning to a spot more shaded and higher flow. See if that works, fingers crossed!
 
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