Identifying potential issues with brain coral growth

[Stormy]

I've been keeping an eye on my Brain coral and I just noticed some bright pink spots along one of the edges. I'm also curious about the ID, I got it as a moon coral frag for $20 but Live Aquaria lists it as a war coral - not a huge deal, but I'd love to know for sure. Mainly, I want to make sure it's healthy and I don't need to move it before I put the rock back over the apoxy plug.

http://i.imgur.com/A5oQBFh.jpg

[zenoxa]

I'm thinking the skeleton might've been exposed at some point, and coralline algae just took over. You tried brushing it off or anything?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... pcatid=427

[Stormy]

I think Stormy's theory that the coral was recently fragged and the Coralline algae is just starting to grow makes sense, especially since it's been about a month since they got it. If that's the case, the exposed skeleton would be a pretty good explanation for the pink spots. I still think it's worth trying to gently remove the algae with a brush, but I can understand why Stormy's been hesitant to touch it so far.

[Nexar]

I'm not too worried about it, looks healthy enough to me at this point.