coral ID plz-large pic - Aquarium Advice

jackdp · 07-19-2004, 04:47 PM

Picked this up at the [acronym:ce93b20be4="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ce93b20be4] for a pretty good price but not too sure what it is...I would guess Favia sp. except it is not round or dome shaped. Anybody got a clue...

stresco · 07-19-2004, 04:54 PM

That looks like a Maze Brain to me Platygyra sp.

reefrunner69 · 07-19-2004, 04:59 PM

It's favia sp, although I don't know the specific species. The reason it's not dome shapeds is simply cause of the shape of the rock it was growing on.

07-19-2004, 05:03 PM

Looks like a genus of Acanthastrea or Blastomussa

Cheers
Steve

Atari · 07-19-2004, 06:17 PM

I'm goin with Favites spp.

reefrunner69 · 07-19-2004, 06:53 PM

Favites does not have seperatation in the polyp walls, they share a polyp wall for each mouth. I thought about blasto, but really we need to see it closed up.

jackdp · 07-19-2004, 06:55 PM

This is my first coral like this...how do I make it close up? lol or what does it look like closed up so I know. [acronym:8f20cc6bac="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:8f20cc6bac]

Atari · 07-19-2004, 07:44 PM

Take the pic just after lights on.

07-19-2004, 04:47 PM	#1
jackdp Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 866 Images: 5	coral ID plz-large pic Picked this up at the [acronym:ce93b20be4="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ce93b20be4] for a pretty good price but not too sure what it is...I would guess Favia sp. except it is not round or dome shaped. Anybody got a clue... __________________ Brad C.

07-19-2004, 04:54 PM	#2
stresco Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Beacon, New York Posts: 1,098 Images: 5	That looks like a Maze Brain to me Platygyra sp. __________________ Bill The Cat For President!

07-19-2004, 04:59 PM	#3
reefrunner69 Aquarium Advice Freak Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cedar Key, FL Posts: 311 Images: 108	It's favia sp, although I don't know the specific species. The reason it's not dome shapeds is simply cause of the shape of the rock it was growing on. __________________ Kevin Visit Nature Coast Photography Join the Central Florida Aquarists Regional forum or the Southeastern States Aquarists Regional Forum or the N. FL (North Florida Hobbyists) Regional Forum!

07-19-2004, 06:17 PM	#5
Atari Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,157 Images: 10	I'm goin with Favites spp. __________________ My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. - Rodney Dangerfield. Click HERE to vote for Aquarium Advice!

07-19-2004, 06:53 PM	#6
reefrunner69 Aquarium Advice Freak Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cedar Key, FL Posts: 311 Images: 108	Favites does not have seperatation in the polyp walls, they share a polyp wall for each mouth. I thought about blasto, but really we need to see it closed up. __________________ Kevin Visit Nature Coast Photography Join the Central Florida Aquarists Regional forum or the Southeastern States Aquarists Regional Forum or the N. FL (North Florida Hobbyists) Regional Forum!

07-19-2004, 05:03 PM	#4
steve-s Guest Posts: n/a	Looks like a genus of Acanthastrea or Blastomussa Cheers Steve

07-19-2004, 06:55 PM	#7
jackdp Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 866 Images: 5	This is my first coral like this...how do I make it close up? lol or what does it look like closed up so I know. [acronym:8f20cc6bac="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:8f20cc6bac] __________________ Brad C.

07-19-2004, 07:44 PM	#8
Atari Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,157 Images: 10	Take the pic just after lights on. __________________ My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. - Rodney Dangerfield. Click HERE to vote for Aquarium Advice!

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