Unresolved Updated photo Coral ID

I did have this in the coral section and got some great feed back on what type it may be - but once it has acclimatized it changed.
I have this guy next to a big rock on high flow.
The inside is a pink/orange the outside is snow white. Comes out partly during the day and extends 3x the size at night. When it's fully closed in looks like a small frozen snow ball.
Was sold to me as a cauliflower coral - but I don't think so and it's not a chili coral (I have one) since it's white and has defined branches under the feeders.

 

I swear it looks more like hydroids to me than anything else! I'd be interested to see what others have to say.

 

Agree...

 

Tank I believe it is a NPS coral, very similar to the chili and carnation corals. ID will probably be dependent on the geographical area it came from. I did google chili coral images and did see some that looked very similar. I also went to liveaquaria and looked at their collection of NPS but still have not found an exact match. Still looking though.

May we please get a picture of the stem ( stock) and an image of it closed.

TIA

 

Go here.

Let's talk about corals to stock in a non-photosynthetic aquarium - Page 2 - Reef Central Online Community

Uhuru will probably know what it is, and perhaps the Moderator here on 3reef Inwall will know as well.

 

Yes I will tonight - seems like every time I take photo's I miss it LOL - I will after my hockey game

 

yea not one of those either - I have a chili and also did some searching - but it's not solid inside - thick stalks holding a canopy of feeders
Here it is almost totally closed

 

here it is fully extended
Hope this helps

 

My LFS has one of these for sale. I am going there today and will see what they say it is. I know I asked once before, and they told me but I don't remember. I do recall they said that it was not photosynthetic and like a chili pepper. Not an easy coral to care for. Just what they told me. I will see if they still have it and what the name is.

 

That would help big time

I am fairly sure it's not photosynthetic - starts to really come out when I put some phyto in the water.