ID Needed... Think its a coral but...?

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  1. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    Just looking for other opinions, and this is as good of a picture as I can get

    Its above and to the right of the KO' Palythoas.

    Its hard, Looks like it has blue polyps, starts as a deep red in the center and fades out into a yellowish green...

    Any clue?

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    RedGambit, Jul 25, 2010
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  2. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    looks like it might be some encrusting Monti's
     
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  3. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    I find that odd, Ive never put any encrusting monti in the tank, (what im thinking as well that it is)

    And any sps of anysort I've ever tried in the tank has died :(... and all out of nowhere... this comes!?! :confused:

    Thanks though!
     
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  4. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    I'm almost positive it's a Monti and looks to be a rainbow at that. Very sweet HH! I'm jealous! :)
     
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  5. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    my LFS has some encrusting monti's that look just like it... you'd be surprised the things that can live dormant in a tank for months, sometimes even years...and then boom...decide they want to grow :) AWESOME hitchhiker IMO......buuuut if you want to send me that rock I can take a better look at it in my reef... ;) lol
     
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  6. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    :p The rock has an 8" colt coral on it, soooo probably not. The rock came from Fosters, I always get the coral and random polyps of zoas and weird stuff and covered in coraline lol... fun times.
     
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  7. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I agree on the monti diagnosis. So you can keep SPS after all. Congrats
     
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  8. moto826

    moto826 Astrea Snail

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    sweet find
     
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  9. MoonChaser

    MoonChaser Aiptasia Anemone

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    Yay SPS... but if you can't keep it I know where it could go :p
     
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  10. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Woot! I hope it gets huuuuge!! Then you can frag it and send it to me :)
     
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