LPS frag ID

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

I have this LPS frag that I picked up but now can’t remember what it was. Any ideas?

DSC reef · Jan 28, 2018

Has a Duncan look to it but I'm not 100% sure

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

DSC reef said:
Has a Duncan look to it but I'm not 100% sure

It doesn’t have a stalk like my Duncans, this one is low more like a mat.

cloak · Jan 28, 2018

Hydnophora perhaps? (sps)

Zack K · Jan 28, 2018

Leptastrea sp. maybe?

DSC reef · Jan 28, 2018

Anyway to get a pic of the skeleton once it closes?

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

Zack Klabunde said:
Leptastrea sp. maybe?

that’s the closest match I’ve found l, but I can’t quite tell.

DSC reef said:
Anyway to get a pic of the skeleton once it closes?

good idea I’ll try that

DSC reef · Jan 28, 2018

The thickness of the tentacles are throwing me off, could be the pic. Leptastrea is a strong possibility @Zack Klabunde

samnaz · Jan 28, 2018

Leptastrea I believe.

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

DSC reef said:
The thickness of the tentacles are throwing me off, could be the pic. Leptastrea is a strong possibility @Zack Klabunde

It is a lot “bushier” than other leptastrea I’ve seen

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

Heard back from the person I picked up from, they confirmed it’s a blue leptastrea

Zack K · Jan 28, 2018

cloak · Jan 28, 2018

Zack K · Jan 28, 2018

cloak said:
Hmm. What does it look like without the blue lights on?

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+322+2137&pcatid=2137

Funny you post this. I had one and it could of been a possibility. But they don’t come blue. Good call though with turning off blue lights.
-Zack

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

This picture came out terribly, but you get the idea...here it is with blue lights off. It has light blue polyps with teal eyes

Zack K · Jan 28, 2018

Yea. Still sticking with my original post. Doesn’t appear to be a Hydnophora.

caietaro · Jan 28, 2018

Agreed, I don’t think it’s a Hydnophora