ID please

[edandsandy]

I'm not sure if this is a LPS or SPS, hubby brought it home for my B-day.
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/salligood/reeftank9-25-07013.jpg

[JetCat USA]

not the best pic but looks like a pagoda.

[edandsandy]

Jetcat USA
someone though it might be in the Hydnophora family, common name horn coral. I certainly do not know

[JetCat USA]

like i said it's not the best pic but it defiantly doesn't look like a Hydnophora to me.

[JetCat USA]

My Pagoda:
http://i24.tinypic.com/vdh6ar.jpg

One of my Hydnophora:
http://i23.tinypic.com/xda740.jpg

[edandsandy]

Jetcat USA,
I will turn my pumps off and take a better picture, it does not look like your pagoda.
again I do not know what it is
stand by :)

[edandsandy]

This is the best picture I could get. It position in the tank is about the middle from top & side

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/salligood/004.jpg

[JetCat USA]

still not the best pic but it does appear to be encrusting a rock in that pic which would eliminate it being a pagoda. encrusting Hydnophora do have large polyps but they usually tend to be less singled out, sorry i can't be of any help :(

as a last ditch effort to ID it, could you pull it from the tank, allow the polyps to fully retract and snap a pic while it's still out of the tank?

EDIT:

a Hydnophora out of the tank with polyps retracted:
http://i21.tinypic.com/nbqhcz.gif

[loosbrew]

its a hydno. the shape of the polyp "canals" etc... wow, i have never seen any other hydno other than the normal green. That blue and especially the orange is phenomenal!! I would love a piece if you're ever selling a frag!

Luis

[edandsandy]

loosbrew
me?
I would not know how to frag this piece. Other pople4 are asking me too, if you know how let me know, I like to share.

[edandsandy]

oops, so for the type-o
PEOPLE

[JetCat USA]

hold the rock it's encrusted onto with coral facing down into your hand (preferable with a rubber glove on) and smack hell out of the back side with a hammer, now you got frags.

[edandsandy]

Jetcat USA,
LOL. Sounds easy enough. I'll let you know how it turns out. If I'm brave enough to do it!

[silvers]

alevapora(spelling) I think, very close to gonipora a little easyer tho.

[JetCat USA]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10848643#post10848643 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by silvers
alevapora(spelling) I think, very close to gonipora a little easyer tho.

Alveopora are much smaller and have 12 very distinct petals, it's not an Alveopora.

http://i23.tinypic.com/i5zvbm.jpg

[edandsandy]

JetCat USA,
each petal has a very sharp hard feel to it.