Coral/Polyp id please

[mike_nikki]

i got this rock from my dad, it has all kinds of stuff on it. this catches my eye the most.... what kind of coral/polyp is this, so i can further nurture it a raise it. thanks for the help

i try'd to search it and google it and nothing comes up.

 

[archer772]

Can you get a better pic of it, more streight on of the coral. Here is a ID link for you if you dont have it http://melevsreef.com/id/

 

[mike_nikki]

i can try, the coral is tiny ..... those "polyps" are like 3mm long. my camera was in super macro mode.

plus photobucket resized my pic to 800x600 pixels the original shot was perfect and huge for I.D


lemme try something in CS2 adobe

 

[mike_nikki]

maybe this'll help.... i'll try to get a better shot in a while

 

[Grins]

The shell in front of it is causing part of it to be blocked and making it difficult to ID. Can you move things a bit to get a shot where it isn't partially blocked?

 

[mike_nikki]

How bout these? They closed up alittle when i moved the rock

 

[mike_nikki]

Think i found it..... Brown Cup Coral..... W hat ya'll think?

 

[BadRoma1]

sure looks like it

 

[Grins]

I agree, looks like that to me as well.

 

[darkcirca]

Here's some pictures of the cup corals I've got on my rock, these are old, and when I was trying to ID it before. Have you looked at them at night, when they usually extend their tentacles?

And when it was out of water: