Coral ID Help Please

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Wes

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I purchased this coral a couple months back from a LFS with the hope that i could get it to heal or grow more full, but have yet to be able to help it. So, i was wanting to see if i could positively ID it so i can do some more research on how i may help it better. Any help would be appreciated. When the polyps are fully extended they look like small colony polyps with smaller heads and shorter tentacles.

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They aren't extended in this photo cause it was late in the evening and this was with a camera phone, sorry, best i have. I will try to get better pics asap.
 
they were a slight purple and pink color similar to the picture and have been looking more blue here lately since i moved them higher in my tank.
 
well, luckily i got home soon enough tonight to catch the smaller branch with its tentacles out still, and barely got the pic without the fish in the way, they wouldnt leave me alone for two seconds so i could take the shot, needy lil pests, hehe! (the lil cromi there has 2 bros and they are the worst!)

and again, not the best pictures sorry (i found my digi cam just cant find the charger), but you can see the polyps extended...any ideas?

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It resembles Branching Pagoda a little. Pagoda usually grow in a cup or bowl shape though.
 
That is what it is. A branching pagoda. I used to have one in my tank until I had a alk problem. Here is a pic. I wish I could get another one but the branching aren't around as much as the cup pagoda.

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yep, thats exactly what the polyps look like when they are fully extended, THANKS!

now, any ideas on how i can get it to thrive and grow down the entire stalk, cause as you can see it is only near the top?
 
well, this guy seems to be only getting worse, not better, would anyone like to adopt him, maybe a small trade of some frag, whatever, its a kewl peice and i would just like him to survive, and that wont be in my tank apparently...
 
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