Is this a Dendro or a Sun coral??

[tamz273]

Any idea's/opinion's? I think its a sun coral, but my LFS is selling it to me as a Dendrophelia.. lemme know what u guys think!!

Thanks!

 

[Amphiprion]

Dendrophyllia polyps are much larger on average compared to Tubastrea. You'll know when they open up for sure.

 

[Fishieness]

yeah. not looking like the standard dendrophyllia coccenia, but take a picture when they are open. It is possible they are something else, like dendrophyllia falkerni (sp?). But it actually depends where you look, as some sites say the genus is tubestrea (sun coral). Not sure which one is correct, or even if anyone knows or if it is going back and forth or what. I think that pictures looks like a suncoral though

 

[non-photosynt]

Not much help, but I was not able to find references to the orange branching tubastreas, black only. All orange were not branching. Yours could be dendrophyllia or other member of dendrophyllidae family.

I bought cladopsammia and pink dendrophyllia, sold as sun corals - and at the price of sun corals.