what kind of coral is this

[54seaweed]

when open it has purple and yellow polyps
each open to about 5/8 of a inch and wow it pops
Ill try to get another pict when it opens
got 3 nice 3 1/2 inch frags out of it for $15.

not a bad deal
but be nice to know a little about it

 

[returnofsid]

It's not completely clear, in your photos, which coral you're referring to, but I'm pretty sure what you're photographing is a Zoanthid or Paly of some kind.

 

[user 26995]

Those both look like pipe organ corals to me.

 

[pandora32]

Try coralpedia.com. Good site. Got it from IPisces.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Those both look like pipe organ corals to me.

Good guess!

 

[tat2z_21]

I would say that they look like stressed out Paly's, the only reason I say that is in the beginning I had a lot that looked like that. Maybe to much lighting, or water parameters.

 

[mfinn]

From the first picture, my guess would be a stressed clove polyps.
I recently picked up a frag and it is yellow/orange and purple.
Mine looked like the first picture when I first put them in my tank.

 

[TDS1]

That's for sure a pipe organ. Mine seems to like being in higher light and medium flow. Once they get bigger they have a really cool growth structure that definitely resembles a pipe organ!!!

 

[patsan19]

they are pipe organ.
I have the same once.

 

[nata]

I think it is a closed palm tree clove

 

[mfinn]

Do you have a current picture?

 

[aaron1987]

+1 on clove polyps. The tubes are pretty unmistakable, though if they are hard they may be pipe corals. Cloves typically have a softer tube. Be careful - mine had a suspected nasty reaction with SPS that triggered a tank crash (or that was Fenner's thoughts from WWM).

 

[stylaster]

i would say clove polyps too, easy to tell if its pipe organ, cause the base will be red and hard. Cloves are squishy all the way through

 

[user 26995]

They are pipe organ coral. What it looks like in the pics sre the very fragile hard tube that the polyp extends from.

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[user 26995]

Ha! Just noticed this thread was from 6 months ago! I think they know what it is by now!

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