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Unread 10/28/2017, 02:42 PM   #1
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No idea, maybe montipora of some sort?

I started keeping corals for the first time after doing a good deal of research, and the very first coral that I bought was sold to me as a "misc. Frag" and I don't really have any idea what it is. When I bought it I was under the impression that it was a monti cap (that was the best guess of the guy at the store as well) but now I'm not so sure.
I haven't been able to find pictures of any similar to it. For a while I was thinking that it may actually be a Hollywood stunner chalice rather than a monti, but the polyp area doesn't appear as large and the color is kind of off.

I have never witnessed any PE (and haven't seen any sweeper tentacles that I would expect from a chalice at night either), but it has grown a good amount since I first purchased it.

It's mostly light brown with green fluorescing spots.

Any ID help would be hugely appreciated!!!



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Unread 10/28/2017, 10:46 PM   #2
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Im unsure why im unable to post links to my images at this time (I'm a long time lurker but this is my very first time posting) so I'm going to try again through tapatalk this time rather than just a random 3rd party image hosting service.


Here it is a few weeks after purchase:


And here it is now:


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Unread 10/28/2017, 11:45 PM   #3
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Doesn't look like a Monti to me, maybe an Echinopora chalice?


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Unread 10/29/2017, 03:55 PM   #4
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100 percent not a montipora. Although I detest the made up names, it is what's known as a Hollywood stunner, or at the very least same species.


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Unread 10/29/2017, 08:01 PM   #5
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The Hollywood stunner has very long clear sweepers at night.


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Unread 10/29/2017, 08:34 PM   #6
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Thanks for the feedback guys!

I was thinking echinopora chalice/hollywood stunner too for a while, but the outer ring where new growth forms isn't a different color like I usually see in challices. A couple of LFSs and hobbyists around me have hollywood stunner in their display tanks and the colour seems pretty different from what I have, and the polyp areas also seem larger.

I have also never once seen any sweeper tentacles from it despite the fact that I do a ton of night viewing, so it makes me a bit uncertain

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Just because one colony has sweepers doesn't mean everyone will. It's all dependent on its environment. Also the corals appearances are very variable due to lighting, flow etc.


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