Looking for help to identify this coral

[Kaiyun89]

I got this as a freebie from my lfs I asked some questions about it but they didn’t know much about it was listed as a leather coral. I can’t find much on it since I don’t know exactly what it is. Only thing I started to notice is it opens at night and stays closed during the day.

 

[code4]

I had a black sun coral that looked a little like those and opened mostly at night. Is it truly a leather coral?

 

[Kaiyun89]

I had a black sun coral that looked a little like those and opened mostly at night. Is it truly a leather coral?

It don’t Really know. I mainly go for soft corals just to show the movement in the tank. This little guy is stiff when I get up in the morning both are open and are standing straight up within 30mins of the lights on this is what they look like I moved them under a rock arch so they are in the shaded spot.

 

[McDam]

looks like snake polyps.

 

[McDam]

Have a look at this thread

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pretty-snake-polyps.145729/

also mentions how they only open at night.

 

[Kaiyun89]

Yes I did but mine don’t look anything like that.

 

[code4]

Have a look at this thread

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pretty-snake-polyps.145729/

also mentions how they only open at night.

It mentions they come in different colors. Could be onto something.

 

[Kaiyun89]

Yes I did do some research and saw the same one in an image mine were once dark brown now starting to show show some green. Thank you for your help I appreciate it a lot now I know I can take proper car for this.