need an ID

[timsVw]

Can anyone id what this coral is. Also what should I look for to make sure it is healthy.


http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...il-AlbumInvite


Ok the only way I could get it posted this time is to post the whole book. Go to the one with the caption not sure.

Sorry you have to look at the other ones . But you can see my image taking skills are getting better.


Thanks

-Tim

[Mat]

It looks to me as a closed pink stylopora pistillata. But I am not 100% sure. It surprises the color of what appears to be the skeleton!

Mat

[timsVw]

so is it dead then if the skeleton is showing?

-Tim

[Mat]

No, I would not say so. It is wierd that the skeleton color is pink, it should be white when polyps are retracted. But, once again, I am not sure if that is a stylopora pistillata.

How do the polyps look like?

DOes it have polyps at all?

Mat

[timsVw]

It did not have any polyps at all so I took it back.

-Tim