need help with yellow coral ID

[barrman]

can anyone ID the bright yellow coral in the lower center in this tank?

thanks!

 

[Trogdor]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... pCatId=517
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... cleid=2352


Looks like a Tube Coral. It's a type of LPS, Large Stoney Polyp that sounds like a very interesting but rather food demanding coral. After looking into this i might be putting it on my wish list.

 

[drty811]

its a sun coral or tube coral.

 

[Braxis]

it looks like a sun polyp

 

[Trogdor]

while i was leaning toward a sun polyp at first, but changed my mind since the polyps aren't defined.

Sun Coral

Tube Coral

I know that the tube coral photo that i posted is dark organce, they also come in different colors.

 

[Trogdor]

I was researching a bit more and found that they are both in the same family.

 

[Braxis]

you are correct it does look more like the tube coral I still get the two mixed up

 

[Trogdor]

Just a hunch...but could the Sun Coral just be a name for the yellow version of a tube coral? I might research this a bit more because it's interesting and i'll let you guys know if i find anything.