Waving Hand Blue (Anthelia sp.) or blue xenia ID Please

[daytonareefing]

I was sold the coral as blue xenia by my lfs. It's pink/blue but doesn't really grow tree type stalks and does not seem to pulsate and its taken over my 55 gallon so i'm going to start selling it but I wanted to see if everyone thinks that's what it is as well. Which one do you think it is?

It's under 2x 150 watt leds.

 

[Nina51]

looks like anthelia. i'm somewhat of an anthelia expert. if you really don't want it in your tank, get it out NOW because the stuff spreads like crazy and very quickly.
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i started out with just a few small stalks and you can see what i have now. the left side of my tank is covered in it. i do remove it from the the middle/right side but unlike most people, i really like this coral and how it moves in the current.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

Got a better pic? Looks like anthelia to me too

 

[daytonareefing]

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I hope this is a better picture.

 

[daytonareefing]

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The picture failed to upload I'll try again later.

 

[daytonareefing]

Here's a picture. It should help.

Here's a picture. It should help.

http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/j.../2015-01/20150124_143326_zpsy2yfvsvw.jpg.html

This post and the next are the same picture. I posted it wrong the first time.

 

[daytonareefing]

http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/j.../2015-01/20150124_143326_zpsy2yfvsvw.jpg.html

 

[droth335]

Definitely anthelia. If you don't want it better remove it quickly as it will become a plague! We had an infestation of it in our old tank and got to be very difficult to remove.

 

[daytonareefing]

Thank you