Need an ID on a very interestin hitchhiker!!!

[coolguy818]

This is a great hitchhiker to have...... But i want to know exactly how great.
On the second picture you'll see the SPS on the side of the Clam... Then you'll see closeups........

 

[teen]

looks like a pocillopora.

 

[coolguy818]

My old friend teen....... How you been.
That is also what I thought..... Looks like its in pretty bad condition. Hopefully I can nurse it back to health....
What about the first picture? Superman Monti? Sunset Monti? or just a plain old Monti?

 

[teen]

the first one could be a sunset, but i doubt its the real deal if you got it from a lfs. it should be orange with green polyps. its almost there, but not quite. most likely a maricultured piece.
and i believe its pocilliporas that commonly spawn in tanks (either that or stylophoras). some of them get to be a problem, sorta like GSP in a reef tank. when these corals spawn, they pop up litterally everywhere in a tank, and thsta most likely what happened here. then the coral just started growing on the clam shell.

 

[coolguy818]

Originally Posted by teen
the first one could be a sunset, but i doubt its the real deal if you got it from a lfs. it should be orange with green polyps. its almost there, but not quite. most likely a maricultured piece.
and i believe its pocilliporas that commonly spawn in tanks (either that or stylophoras). some of them get to be a problem, sorta like GSP in a reef tank. when these corals spawn, they pop up litterally everywhere in a tank, and thsta most likely what happened here. then the coral just started growing on the clam shell.
The first Monti, is actually avery small piece, about the size of a Nickel.