Well, I scored this awesome coral last night at the LFS. It was a local trade-in from somebody that had been keeping it under VHO lighting. They also had a couple of frags of it, but they wanted almost as much for them as they wanted for the whole colony... so I decided the colony was going home with me.
Only problem is that I'm not 'positive' on the I.D... I really want to identify it as a
Montipora capricornis, but the vertical growth on it is making me second-guess myself (especially after Playa told me my encrusting Montipora was in-fact an Echinophyllia
).
So... if anybody can positively ID this thing for me I'd be grateful... or if you could even point me to a site that has a coral ID section I'll figure it out myself... either option works for me.
The color of it is a pinkish-brown at the moment, with white underneath, but I'm hoping that it colors up under the halides... the colony is about 6" diameter, and is the new centerpiece of the tank.
Thanks.