What coral is this?

[Sherita]

A while back I bought this cool looking live rock with a coral skeleton on it. I thought it would be a pretty backdrop for some zoas, but I put it in my tank, then forgot about it for a while. And now, it's not a dead skeleton, it's a live coral........but what is it?
http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/tank/Unknown.jpg

It's very pretty, and growing quite nicely. The rock is about three inches by five inches, if that helps. The centers are bright green, surrounded by a dark purple with white stripes running through it radiating outward.

Anybody know what it is?

[Europhyllia]

some kind of Favia?

[ZeroHour]

close brain? Matting Acan? Micromusa?

Cant really tell but I have a softball sized one that looks very close in my tank.

[Neptune@gabesfish]

Yup some sort of Favites..

[jpond83]

that would be cool. i never have luck with hitchhikers.

[Kristy]

Lucky you!

These corals are amazing creatures, aren't they? I moved a "dead" acan skeleton in a new spot in the back of the tank, not hoping anything for it, but wanting to hang on to the rock for frag rubble, etc. Now there are a bunch of fleshy orange acans on it... not so dead after all, just completely bleached white and down to almost zero flesh.

[Sherita]

Kristy, I think it's the coolest thing! They are very pretty as well.

I also bought an unknown skeleton a while back, just for looks. Turns out it's a candy cane, and apparently decided to come back to life in my tank :) I love surprises in my tank (but only the good kind).