Unknown coral

[MsBeanCtr]

I'm sure this is easy for you guru's out there but I'll be darned if I can figure out what kind of coral this is. I bought several items from a lfs that is going out of business and he sold this coral to me for $30. It's pretty good sized (about the size of a person's palm) but he didn't know what it was and I can't figure it out.

Help!

same coral but another view...

 

[melosu58]

Maybe this. I know it`s not the same color but it says green or tan.

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

 

[Devilishturtles]

Plating Montipora?

 

[slush]

maybe a Merulina/lettuce coral

 

[ccCapt]

Hydnophora. Don't put any other coral too close to it. This is 1 nasty and agressive coral.

 

[melosu58]

So you are saying the horn coral also Larry?

 

[ccCapt]

Yes, I've seen them called a horn coral. Actually there a few differnt types of hydnophora. Branching and encrusting. That is the encrusting type. There are all very agressive corals.

This is the branching type.

 

[MsBeanCtr]

Excellent! Thank you for the id. What is the growth rate of this coral? (I should put it next to some xenia that I'm trying to get rid of!)

 

[ccCapt]

S L O W growth.
If you put xenia next to it, the xenia won't be next to it for very long.

 

[MsBeanCtr]

S L O W growth.
If you put xenia next to it, the xenia won't be next to it for very long.

Thank you much for that info. I would like to get it setup in a perm spot in the next day or two. And as for that tidbit of info on the xenia....good! I've been trying to get rid of that *$%^@# xenia for a while but it keeps coming back...now it's gonna have a new neighbor!

Thank you again!

 

[ccCapt]

Your welcome