Divers den "Fire cracker" LPS VS Sun tube?

[Cope]

I just saw this in the divers den.

The price is 399.99!!!!, now I could be wrong, but it sure looks like a small orange sun tube?

Heres a crappy cell phone pick of my orange sun tube.

So are they the same? They look slightly different. I dont think they look 375.00 worth of different tho...........

What do you think?
Thanks
Cope

 

[JM68]

The one listed as "firecracker is a Dendrophyllia coccinea which is much more expensive than the standard "sun coral" Tubastrea faulkneri, which is also for sale in the divers den on LPS page 4. Dendros tend to be open all the time instead of just at night like sun corals and are harder to get your hands on usually.

 

[Cope]

Oh cool, thanks for clearing that up for me. I figured there had to be a reason they were so proud of it.

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Also the dandro polyps tend to be twice as big as a sun polyp.