Help me Identify coral

[jntmcduffie]

can anyone help me identify this coral. I have had it for a while but I need some more information on how to care for it and make it grow. Can anyone help?

 

[weaglereefer]

Not without a pic.

I'm gonna guess mushroom!

 

[jntmcduffie]

Sorry I did not attach pic <a href="

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[hackman72]

au01st;456848 wrote: Not without a pic.

I'm gonna guess mushroom!

That is obviously green star polyps. How'd you miss that?

 

[jennm]

It looks like a small red Goniopora. Looks a bit bleached too.

Goniopora don't seem to do very well in the long term, in captivity, at least IME.

Jenn

 

[jntmcduffie]

not bleached. it is pink and always has been...got it from some one in atl. but did not know what it was then.

 

[jennm]

I was thinking it looks like a small one of these:

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If it's not that, then I'm not sure.

Jenn

 

[jennm]

Here's your pic for comparison...

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Jenn

 

[jntmcduffie]

I dont know. this one is bright pink and white. but i guess it could be. I would just like to see it grow more.

 

[jennm]

Does it have a dome-shaped skeleton?

 

[jennm]

IF it's a Goniopora, here's a good article:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2">http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2</a>

Jenn

 

[crab0000]

I would guess Goni as well.