New coral ID please

[Alexrd09]

I just got these corals from my LFS and the guy I was dealing with had no idea what the name of these are. I want to ID them to determine placement and water flow

 

[Alexrd09]

I know the first one is some type of montipora but don't know what type and the second is either a blasto or a micromussa

 

[mr_X]

Montipora Undata, and Favites, would be my guesses.

 

[Alexrd09]

Well your guess is better than mine thanks Mr X

 

[Madcrazyroyboy]

First one is undata for sure

 

[Alexrd09]

The red one looks "fleshy". When I looked up favites they look more solid like a favia. I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow

 

[bigbanker]

I believe favia and favites are synomous

 

[Alexrd09]

From what ive read they are in the same genera but are seperate genus. They are very similar

 

[Alexrd09]

http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Favites-Coral

This is the link I used to read up on it if your interested. I thought the same so idid some research

 

[Alexrd09]

I'm sorry I meant same family (faviidae) but different genera (Favia & Favites)

 

[mr_X]

favia polyps have their own walls between the polyps, and favites shares a common wall.