What Coral is this?

[Rychek]

I've had this Zoa Rock for a couple months now and I knew it had an old hard coral skeleton on it when I got it, but this evening I noticed color and tentacles on what I thought was nothing more than a skeleton. Needless to say I was excited, but I have no idea which coral this is. It looks like a small LPS of some sort. What do ya'll think?

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/Gonipora.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/Gonipora2.jpg

Looks like it's time to frag the Zoas out of the way so the little guy can grow. :)

[SoLiD]

Looks like a favite of some sort.

[coraline79]

appears to be an lps. I don't know enought o tell you if it is micromussa or something but it seems like it.

[SoLiD]

Definitely an LPS. That's what a Favite is.

[Rychek]

Could it be a leptastrea?

[Aquapod24]

So.....when are you fraggin those zoas? :innocent2:

[Rychek]

I've got one frag made already. :wink_smile:

[stoneroller]

Wow. That's a cool combo. yeah, I'd get those zoas out of harm's way!

[Mr Cob]

nICE FIND rYAN!

[Rychek]

It wasn't so much a find as a surprise. It's been there all along and I had no idea.

[brewercm]

I was thinking some sort of Favites also. Do those tentacles appear to be longer once the light goes out, if so watch them as it will get those zoas.

[Rychek]

I'll try to check the tentacle length tonight. I was a little too busy with my seven-week-old son and work last night to check.

I've fragged the closest zoas away last night. I plan to remove all of them in the near future. At some point I want to remove the LPS as well so I can get rid of the rock. It's a very dense rock and I don't like having it in my tank.

[Rychek]

Thanks for the input everyone. I feel like I'm at least pointed in the right general direction. :)

[ErikH]

Is that the longest the tentacle/polyps have extended? I would guess either porites, maybe something close to a galaxea if the tentacles extend more...

[Rychek]

I haven't had a chance to observe the tentacles yet. I'm hoping to get a look at them tonight or sometime this weekend.

[DrMark]

imo its a favia

[ErikH]

imo its a favia

I knew I had forgotten one of them!

Favia it is?

http://scottnolan.org/img_2086s2.jpg

[Rychek]

It's been a while and I still don't know what this is for sure, but here's an updated pic:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/UnknownLPS.jpg

Whatever it is, I like it. :)

[jrsatx20]

might be galaxia

[Gseclipse02]

might be galaxia


thats what i think


keep it away from other corals

[Rychek]

It's fairly isolated at this point. I haven't noticed any long sweepers or anything. Acutally, night or day, I've never seen anything longer than what is visible in the pics.

[Aqua-Dome]

GONIASTREA, LEPTASTREA, OR SIDERASTREA

[R.Allard]

im thinkin Porites lobata just my two cents...