What is it?

[Dr4gula.f32]

Trachy? Scoly? Wilsoni?

Shop said wilsoni, but it was only 25 bucks and everything I read says wilsoni are extremely rare to find in the wild.

So what would your best guess be on what this frag is?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Definitely is not a Wilsoni.

I would say it looks more like a trachy, because scolys generally are more flat. Is it propped up on a rock at all?

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

Definitely is not a Wilsoni.

I would say it looks more like a trachy, because scolys generally are more flat. Is it propped up on a rock at all?

There is a piece of rock glued to the plug, and this frag is mounted on the vertical face of that rock. Rock may, or may not be the dead skeleton of another head...if that's even possible? I don't know anything about these corals because they were always so expensive. I bought this because it was cheap and I was hoping it was actually a trachy or scoly. This store has been wrong many times before so who knows.

Closer inspection...It does appear to be a piece of skeleton. And it's got some wild feeders all the time too. Not seen in these photos. The diameter of this frag is maybe half inch. At all times it has 1/8 feeders extender. At night though....more than a quarter inch. They are HUGE in relation to the tiny size of this thing.

Short video of it

New video by Jason A

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[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

There is a piece of rock glued to the plug, and this frag is mounted on the vertical face of that rock. Rock may, or may not be the dead skeleton of another head...if that's even possible? I don't know anything about these corals because they were always so expensive. I bought this because it was cheap and I was hoping it was actually a trachy or scoly. This store has been wrong many times before so who knows.

Closer inspection...It does appear to be a piece of skeleton. And it's got some wild feeders all the time too. Not seen in these photos. The diameter of this frag is maybe half inch. At all times it has 1/8 feeders extender. At night though....more than a quarter inch. They are HUGE in relation to the tiny size of this thing.

Both trachys and scolys have "feeders".

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

Both trachys and scolys have "feeders".

I added a short video to the previous post in this thread

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I added a short video to the previous post in this thread

Sorry - I am struggling to watch the video.

Is it possible you can post it onto YouTube, then post the link on here?

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

Sorry - I am struggling to watch the video.

Is it possible you can post it onto YouTube, then post the link on here?

Here ya go

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Gosh, this is tough.

Scolys  usually  come on frags with rocks on them, but if it's a dead polyp from the coral, then I'd say it would be a trachy.

Scolys are usually flat, where trachys have a rather bumpy outline.

See image below from Google.

That is a trachy, because you can see the bumpy outline.

Scolys, generally don't have those bumpy outline.

See image below from Google.

This is a scoly, because it has a more smooth outline.

This is what makes it tough - scolys can have bumpy outlines like a trachy, the main cause being them growing over something like a rock.

In your case, it is, which leads me to believe it's a scoly.

Is it possible I could see a picture from the back end of it?

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

I appreciate all the time you put into that last post. Thank you. Attached is a photo of the rear. Since I took the first photos an hour ago, it has become less fluffly.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Trachy? Scoly? Wilsoni?

Shop said wilsoni, but it was only 25 bucks and everything I read says wilsoni are extremely rare to find in the wild.

So what would your best guess be on what this frag is?

Looks like button scoly

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

No problem!

I am going to say it's a scoly, but if it's a trachy, they both have very similar care requirements.

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

Thanks for the input. I'm read up on scoly and trachy care and use those guidelines for it's care

 

[VintageReefer]

Looks like button scoly

That was my guess also