Please help identify coral

[BrownPoseidon]

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Ive had this coral for eight months. I thought it might be a montipora but I couldn't find any smooth ones like this or that color. My apologies if it is an sps. It is the redish orange encrusting coral sandwiched between a bunch of pipe organ polyps, gsps and other softies. Please help me to identify the species

it has these very small pores that every once in a while, im talkin every month or less, has these white little flowers that come out all over it. It has been growing although slow, and seems too like higher side lighting and high flow

 

[ShaunMonahan]

Heliopora coerulea aka blue ridge. Keep your mag up and high flow for this coral.

 

[BrownPoseidon]

Thank you very very much shaun. Ive went through books and countless hours of online searching. Probably looked at and bypassed heliopora several times because when theyre bigger they form weird shapes. I found a forum or two of helopora coerulea and mine is definitely that. 8-9 months in the dark. Survived in a mini picotope tank with a weak little light for a couple months almost died

 

[ShaunMonahan]

Thank you very very much shaun.

Your welcome! IMO, it's a very underrated coral.