Id help would be great

[Jawbone flats]

I found a small chunk of this 1/8" after a year I have two small frag plugs covered like this. but still have no idea what it is.. I assume a monti of some kind but ??

I know its not very clear... I cant take pictures of my corals to save my life
the redder digi is not touching it .. just looks closer in the picture

Thanks in advance

 

[luxauterna]

those polyps look crazy long and shaped kinda odd for an encrusting monti

 

[Pmark]

Perhaps a lithophyllon undulatum

 

[Jawbone flats]

well I dont think they are polyps.. they are hard i think... let me get a magnifying glass and touch them real quick..

also this is a standard eggcrate so 9/16 x 9/16 square hole..

there is a bit of purple bonsai growing on the rack with the green polyps for size if that helps

 

[Jawbone flats]

yea I cant tell, it feels hard like i can feel the bumps.. but they could be polyps... they don't move when i blow them with the baster so i would guess not..

 

[Desert Orchid]

Maybe a pavona coral.

 

[Jawbone flats]

here is another picture a bit clearer.. you can zoom in a bit i think

 

[Jawbone flats]

one more image... same picture just cropped different and saved at maximum resolution

 

[luxauterna]

ahh yea I see . the dimension perspective helped /headslap I don't know . pretty sweet though.

 

[evolved]

It's a species of Psammocora, rather; an LPS.

 

[Tab28]

+1 psammocora.

 

[Jawbone flats]

I will agree it is Pscammocora I searched at unique corals and found the exact looking piece...
http://uniquecorals.com/coral/sps/pscammocora-sp-reefgen-orange-psammocora-1-stock-frag.html

but it is not an LPS of this I am sure.. I think moving this was a mistake..

close the thread as far as I am concerned..

thanks for you time you helped immensly

BIG Help its been bothering me for over a year

 

[evolved]

but it is not an LPS of this I am sure.. I think moving this was a mistake..

Most regard Psammocora as an LPS coral. Some do regard it as SPS however. It's similar to Pavona in that manner.

Do remember, however, that both "LPS" and "SPS" are made-up hobbyist terms anyway. Scientifically, there's no such thing. It's an arbitrary hobbyist approach at putting a blanket on what various corals require relative to their polyp size... And of course that type of shoehorn won't work for everything.

But if you consider the needs Psammocora, it typically does better if it's treated like an LPS in regards to placement, feeding, and water parameters.