id pls

[gingin12]

idk what this is i got it from a lfs and its cool looking just like to know if its sps lps softie you know

[Sherman]

Odd. At first, i was thinking cabbage coral, but I'm not so sure any more. I'm starting to lean toward some sort of LPS, and an extremely pissed off one, at that. It looks like its spilling guts all down the rock. Or... maybe it's a softy and that's where it was torn in two. It's hard to say. Let's see another picture in a couple days.

It's definitely not an SPS, though. We can rule that out, without hesitation.

[gingin12]

well we have had a few days and it seems act like a chalice it has a mouth but idk im lost also i kinda thought it was a softie but its seems to more on the encrusting side soo ....... idk i will add a another pic in a few days

[Sherman]

I saw all the mouths, as well. Between those and the tentacles all over the base, I started leaning toward LPS. To be very straight forward, I'd be pretty concerned about its survival right now. Unless, again.. those are tear marks and it's still a softy.

Does it change appearance at night, at all? Put out sweepers? Change colors under actinics only?

[gingin12]

the tentacles receed when i mess with stuff close to it in the tank and it doesnt really change when i turn the lights off or anything else it does kinda slime if touch it though

[wonrib00]

I'm with Jason on this one, weird piece, but cool. I was thinking a mushroom, but with all the mouthes, more than likely an LPS. What did it look like at the LFS? When you put it in the tank, did it have an exoskelteton under the flesh? Perhaps a very disgruntley Elegance...

[gingin12]

we got it at whitey's and it has been in the tank atleast a week and it doesnt seem to have a skeleton under it but cant really tell

[jestersix]

I've seen Elegance corals take on that pattern when they are extremely distressed...if that is what you have - move it into a dimly lit, medium flow area and be patient. Elegance are slow recovery corals, but they usually will come around.

Does it have multiple mouths (looks like it form the pic)? If so, that would be strange on an Elegance of that size.

[gingin12]

ok well in the morning then i will move it to prob the bottom of the tank and in less flow
then we will see what happens

[jeremys]

Its hard to tell from the pic, but could it be several small mushrooms, is the center one solid peice or do the tenticals go all the way around each mouth?
did you get it on that rock or did you attach it, one base??

[gingin12]

it is all one piece and it came on the rock like that

[gingin12]

got a answer to what this guy is its a hydnaphoria robert at neptunes has one in a display tank

[wonrib00]

Hydnophoras being an SPS, dont have mouthes. This piece has multiple mouthes. Plus, SPS dont have the intestines that can be spued out like LPS or musrhooms.

[gingin12]

well that is what i was told at neptunes aquatics he has a piece that is about 4x8 of this and it is identical

[eznet2u]

Robert was wrong. Check this...http://tinyurl.com/ycj8gmo

[wonrib00]

I can see why they would say hydno because of the frilly tentilce on the edges, but there is no way that is a hydno. Where did you get it from?

[gingin12]

i go it from whitey's
but i saw a large piece of it at neptunes last night and he called it a hydno so yea

[wonrib00]

Ask them, they should know from the invoice (although some things are no invoiced, and other are often misidentified). Also, they have touched the coral and should know more about it. That sounds goofy, but having worked in a LFS, its an important part of knowing what you are selling. The piece at Neptune very well may be a Hydno, but the piece you have, is not.

[gingin12]

i mean if you took my piece and put next to the one at neptune you would see they are the exact same
and at whitey's they didnt know what it was soo that is why i have inquired

[justins13]

Robert was wrong. Check this...http://tinyurl.com/ycj8gmo

3rd row down far right. If you look through the google images there are several pics of both a stag looking branch type coral and a softie looking elegance like coral all reffered to as hydnophora...

[gingin12]

yea i looked at it and i think the closest i could see is the encrustin horn coral ... idk though what a pain

[eznet2u]

3rd row down far right. If you look through the google images there are several pics of both a stag looking branch type coral and a softie looking elegance like coral all reffered to as hydnophora...

If you click on that photo, and search the page, you will find that it doesn't look anything like what you have.

My point was that what you have is NOT a Hydnophora. Yours looks more like a Leather or LPS.

[guywalker1219]

I also say not hydno and I have a rather large colony in my tank. Hydno has no internal organs to spew when angry. If it has adjusted to your tank and is no longer stressed a better picture would help in getting a acurate ID. It kinda resembles a very sick Elegance coral.