New coral id?

[nvelez12]

Can anyone tell me the name of this coral and any info... Aggressive? Slow grower? High light low light??

[Sniperhank]

Favites. More broadly called brain coral, which cover many different corals. These guys can be pretty aggressive. Here is some info on them. Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Brain Coral, Favites

[kdpuffer]

I think that one is actually a favia, the outer part of each polyp is seperate where Favites have a common outer part. Typically lower flow and located on the sand bed. They are nice coral and from what I have experienced are slow growers.

[Sniperhank]

But they are sharing the outer 'wall'. Most def a favite.
Here is the link to favia from LA where they show them being seperate. Brain Coral, Pineapple

[kdpuffer]

Favites coral, you can see that the mouths (inner part of the polyps) are seperate however the outer part between the mouths are communal.

[kdpuffer]

Favia coral, you can see here the mouths are seperate and the outer part of the polyps is also seperate. You can see the division between each outer polyp clearly and this particular one is virtually identical to the ops pic with the exception of minor color variation in the outer polyps.

[Sniperhank]

So I have it switched up again. Just back to calling them all brain corals, lol.

[nvelez12]

Definitely favia. Thanks guys!

[Jerinanyon]

I have the same frag. Have had it for about a year and a half and have seen no growth. It's still healthy... Living... Full of color... Just small and no progress towards growing off the frag plate