Brain coral?

[Jeremy S.]

I posted this up once before but didn't get a good ID because of the poor position. I got this piece as a hitchhiker on a piece of LR. What exactly is it?

It's in the background of the first picture sorta.

Second picture is top down view

 

[Jeremy S.]

Zoomed in

I'm mostly wondering which type of brain coral it is.

 

[Jeremy S.]

Can I get someone to agree that this is Trachyphyllia geoffroyi?

 

[Rosesrblu1]

Looks like a lobo brain to me. The open brains have a orbital looking skeleton when deflated( at least mine does) and crimps in the middle with its flesh. This looks to have a lobed skeleton.

 

[Jeremy S.]

Hmm alright ill have to get some pictures of it closed up then. Pretty nice for a LR hitchhiker lol

 

[Flreefer]

Looks like a branching Lobophilia. Sadly, in the close up, it looks pretty close to being dead.

 

[Jeremy S.]

I had moved some stuff around In the tank so it shrank up. It's doing better than I was, but I'm just trying to see if I can get it to grow. Here's how it looked a few months ago.

 

[Flreefer]

Wow, it def looks better now, than in that pic. It just looked really deflated.
That's a great piece to get as a hitchiker!
Hope you have continued success with it.

 

[Jeremy S.]

Thank you! I'm trying my best to take care of it

 

[Beengirl]

I remember when you posted that back a couple months ago!! It is really looking better! You're definitely doin something right!! Good job!!

 

[Beengirl]

I remember when you posted that a couple months ago! It is really looking a lot better!! Great job rehabbing it!!

 

[Jeremy S.]

Lol thank you! I'm excited that the little fella is doings good.