Ya I hope all is well????? I do see lil mouths. It looks jelly like when inflated. You can tell is hard and spiky otherwise.
Have you seen this coral before?
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99.00 for a 4inch frag
Helmet Coral (Halomitra pileus)
99.00 for a 4inch frag
Helmet Coral (Halomitra pileus)
Sans infections, they tend to lend themselves okay to fragging compared to other fungiids. If yours hasn't had issues yet, you should be covered as far as that's concerned. I would try to feed it small bits of food, like chopped mysids, cyclopeeze, etc.
The more I look at pictures of that coral the more I like it, but I think even my 75G would be too small for that coral if I just let it grow. The skeleton of them are very large. I see them called "Bowl Coral" as well and by the skeleton you can see why.
Get one, there awesome, thats what corals are all bout, having something someone else doesnt.
And it only gets as big as you let it. Fraggin it took 3secs.
And it only gets as big as you let it. Fraggin it took 3secs.
The reason i thought it was a fungia is my LFS saltwater aquatics has one that looks identicle to the OP's picture and thats what he called it.
and here is a pic at marinecenter. If thats not a purple fungia my name is sally.
http://www.marinecenter.com/corals/coralshardcoralslps/fungiapurple/
and here is a pic at marinecenter. If thats not a purple fungia my name is sally.
http://www.marinecenter.com/corals/coralshardcoralslps/fungiapurple/
Well, that one is a fungia, notice the single large mouth in the middle. The one the OP has though is not the same coral. 
op thats me right? is it halomitra or fungia? that last pics got me guessing. Ill take a pic of it inflated, if it is today.
Halomitra, possibly H. pileus. Still part of the family Fungiidae. Fungia typically has a single opening in the center. These corals do like to move around so take caution as to where you have it sitting.
It hasnt puffed up yet. But my pals hasnt either or ever moved on him. I can easily see the diffrent mouths now. Im running bare bottom, so im afraid to stick it on the bottom. Im goin to try and place it on a lower rock. I just figured I would try and place it as high I as could, seeing it came from a 150w MH in a 20gL.
