Sun coral or dendrophyllia?

GumbyIl

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I bought this just recently as part of a frag pack.

Seems like a dendrophyllia because it supposedly stayed out a lot more, but so far in my tank it only comes out when the MH is off. It did come out a bit more today when I moved it down and into a little shade.

I had just fed it some Rod's Food before the pic.

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polyp looks similar to a dendrophyllia, but the growth form reminds me of a balanophyllia that i have. either way nice find
 
The stalk is back in the rock about 3 inches. Every pic I've seen of sun corals or dendros have short stalks before the heads start. This one looks like a Saguaro cactus
 
the stalks on my balanophyllia range from half inch to close to two and a half, the only difference i see is the tentacles on my balano are transluscent.
 
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