id this metallic hard coral

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can anyone ID this chunky frag? it's color is a deep hue of blue/purple/green metallic. kinda black from a distance. looks velvety, but is hard and solid. i got it at deep blue in n. hollywood, the owner's wife didn't know what it was. i gotta figure out what flow n light it requires. don't tell me it's an sps!

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It does look like Sps lol. I love coloring up Sps and and find out what it is.
I can’t tell from the pic sorry if it is Sps would u want to sell or trade?
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Dang Jesse I zoomed in and u beat me to it lol yup
cyphastrea looks exactly like my meteor shower minus
the colors
 

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A cool encrusting coral. Low-medium light and medium flow. Might out compete other coral so I'd keep it on its own rock and let it take over. I've also placed it on my back wall on a previous nano and let it encrust that. Really easy piece and grew fast for me.
 

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