millie or prostrata

[kitten0304]

like the title says i was wanting to post in the millie show off thread but im not sure which one it is?? I used the top of my salad shooter for a box to take the pics from above
close up.. i did touch it so polyps would retract some so the flesh could be seen

further away

and from the front view (not nearly as impressive)

sorry so blue its under xm 20k's and im no photo pro...lol

 

[kitten0304]

hello anybody home??

 

[Ladipyg]

I don't think it's a milli...the tips are too pointy...a milli has a more rounded tip.

 

[cee]

I don't think you can really tell until they get larger. Prostratas will grow horizontally, almost like a table, hence the name (prostrate = lying flat). Milles will be more "bushy".

 

[kitten0304]

well the new growth has pointed tips but the rest of the colony has rounded tips?? weird, but i guess im gonna lean towards millie for now unless someone else has any ideas if yo look at the last pic its a pretty good size already, i wish the rest of the body had great color like that top branch, but hes getting more light i guess

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

I don't think it's a mille because milles have a scale like branch.

 

[reefermadness]

My prostrata grew like a baseball mitt, then all the fingers branched out....One of the hairiest coral in my tank....