Oh no! Coral identification help

tgr26

New member
So I'm newer to the reef keeping hobby and I've been adding polyps and soft coral frags to my tank. Today I went to my LFS and purchased a $10 frag that was listed as a Sinularia leather coral. I hadn't had a great look at it because the tank was one on the floor.

Well, I got back home, added it to my tank, and unfortunately I think it was mismarked. (Probably easy to do since they had a lot of frags.) I'm pretty sure the coral is a SPS. When I moved it towards the current, it didn't move and you can see the little polyps.

The problem is I have a 28 gallon tank lit with 130 watts of power compacts- definitely not enough for a SPS.

Here are some pics- let me know what you think before I turn it in to another LFS.

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Looks like a pocillopora to me, should be fine under 130w on a 28g IMO! I have had more demanding SPS under less light...

BTW, there is an SPS ID forum for these requests... ;)
 
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