What SPS coral is this?

reefbrian88

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I'm new to having corals and I am at a loss for what this coral is. I got this coral (it glows green under the actinic) at the LFS and the guy said that this was growing in their refugium so he fragged it and sold them for a really decent price. I have been wanting to get into corals for a while so I decided to take a chance. the only problem is that I do not know what it is and where in my tank I should place it? right now it is at the bottom of my tank becasue I wanted it to get acclimated to the lighting. can someone tell me what types of coral this are and what it needs to survive and where to place it in my tank? I have a 14g Oceanic biocube with a 24w 10K daylight and a 24w actinic. I run the daylight from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and then the actinic runs from 8:00PM to 12:00PM...aka 8hrs of daylight and 16hrs of actinic light.
 

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Look like a Hydnophora.

It looks a tad bleached so I would leave it down on the sand bed until you start to see it green up. FYI they are very aggressive and can kill near by corals with long sweeper tentacles.
 
Defently a hydro its bleached brown it should be a bright green and fuzzy.

I moved it up closer to the lights. it is now getting more green to it and it is actually looking more fuzzy. at first I was kind of concerned about the fuzzy look it was getting but if your saying that is a good thing then I will take your word for it. Anything else I need to do?
 
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