Coral ID Please

[reeferman75]

I have had this for about a year , I have no idea what it is do you?

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[PUGroyale]

M. altasepta

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9569238#post9569238 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PUGroyale
M. altasepta

Good 1 PUGroyale

 

[reeferman75]

what family is it in

 

[just dave]

It looks like a psammacora.

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9570775#post9570775 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by just dave
It looks like a psammacora.

I agree.

 

[rleechb]

Third Psammacora.

 

[Dansin]

Me to.

 

[Dansin]

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Looks the same to me.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

I think that first coral is some weird Montipora too.

#2 has growong tips that looks more like Stylophora/cat's paw etc look with the super smooth rounded growing tips. Montipora is a bit more jagged (picture those growing tips on a standard Monti d = they remind me of those)

I think if a pic with the polyps out was available, that would clinch it.

edit: dansin, you have to look much more closely at the detail of stony corals if you think those two pics are the same coral.
look and compare: the growing tips, the branching structure, the like raised veins/ridges on the base of #1, the color of the growing tips, the pattern of the polyps(too bad we can't see #1) and so on.

 

[Dansin]

Frick-n-frag than what do you think that i have and what is the other one? Mine is just a frag starting to grow. I'm no expert but please tell me what you think they both are.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

Is that second one your coral? it is nice.
#2 looks more rounded like a Porites or a Stylophora would be. I know mustard yellow is a common Porites color, so my guess is Porites. also, having a pic with the polyps open and one with the polyps closed can sometimes help a lot for an ID.