SPS ID

G8trBait16 · Jul 26, 2016

Hey y'all,

I bought the below SPS from my LFS about 4 months ago. It was a 1" frag with 1 stalk. It is now about 4-5" and really bushy. My LFS didn't know what it was, but for the $5 I paid for it I thought it was a good deal and it has become one of my favorites now. If anyone knows what it might be it would be appreciated, I am starting a document with the names of the corals I have in my tank. Thanks y'all!

bruleyii · Jul 26, 2016

Nice growth and nice looking colors. Good find. The gambles are sometimes the most fun. Congrats

DLuce510 · Jul 26, 2016

Hmm, I could be off but it looks like a pink tip sarmentosa, possibly a tenuis, hard to tell with all the polyp extention.

G8trBait16 · Jul 26, 2016

DLuce510 said:
Hmm, I could be off but it looks like a pink tip sarmentosa, possibly a tenuis, hard to tell with all the polyp extension.

I just looked up images from Google and it is the closest I have been able to find. Thank you DLuces510!

kschweer · Jul 26, 2016

I'm going to guess tenius. A picture with the polyps retraced would help.

G8trBait16 · Jul 26, 2016

kschweer said:
I'm going to guess tenius. A picture with the polyps retraced would help.

I will try to get a picture when the polyps are retracted.

SeaDweller · Jul 26, 2016

Looks like a tenuis to me

hybridazn · Jul 26, 2016

Color combo resembles the Atl strawberry fields (sarmentosa) but the structure appears closers to A. Tenius

Mpal771 · Jul 26, 2016

g8tr-
I've identified the genus; horseshoeus uptoous yassolium. It's very rare in the hobby and even the most experienced reef keepers have yet to find one.

Now,
Any good marine hobbyist would want to know your parameters because non of us really think that the horseshoeus will ever find us.

Congrats my friend and don't change a thing

Robink · Jul 26, 2016

Great buy! very pretty sps!

kchapmanjr · Jul 26, 2016

It looks like a tenuis to me, and a nice one at that. In my experience, if you blast it with light you can get great variability in polyp color, like you can see in the orange passion and Walt Disney (when colored up).

G8trBait16 · Jul 26, 2016

kschweer said:
I'm going to guess tenius. A picture with the polyps retraced would help.

This was the best picture I could get with the polyps retracted. All lights are off, just a flash from my cellphone camera.

kchapmanjr · Jul 26, 2016

Wow... If that's polyps retracted you need to teach some classes on how to get polyp extension.

G8trBait16 · Jul 26, 2016

kchapmanjr said:
Wow... If that's polyps retracted you need to teach some classes on how to get polyp extension.

I was by the tank most of the afternoon/night just waiting to see them retract and they wouldn't. Was going to see if I could force them to, but they looked so happy, lol.