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What is this? It is totally not waving hand anthelia (although it was sold under this name), because i saw other frags of the similar size and the only similarity is their fluffy tentacles(which are not as fluffy in this thing). Waving hand has tentacles that wave in the flow, this specimen has erect tentacles, like knopia(daisy coral?) or clavularia(clove polyp). I eventually wanted to sell it and get regular anthelia instead, but i like it(in reality it is reddish-brown coral, instead of just brown, i do not know why my camera doesn't show it), so i want to keep it. I am just interested in what it is.

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Does it look like this at the start and then grows polyps with longer tentacles?
Yes, and no. I have never kept one, but I find that on pictures it seems that the feathery parts on the polyps might grow longer. I am sure as it matures, the polyps will become larger, but this all depends on what species of Waving hand Anthelia you have.
 

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Any pictures of the base of the coral? Is the base growth like a mat covering the rock? Is there a calcified structure?
 
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Any pictures of the base of the coral? Is the base growth like a mat covering the rock? Is there a calcified structure?
Older photos where it was not opening for a week or so. I don't think there's a calcified structure, it's like a mat with bumps, when closed
 

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