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cpage3
08/16/2006, 10:59 AM
Got this recently and I dont know what the crap it is. Can anyone help.
unknown (http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=181100)
Your help is much appreciated
~CAP~
oddballs
08/16/2006, 11:26 AM
looks like one of the larger favias or montastreas imo. pretty coral!
GreshamH
08/16/2006, 11:56 AM
whats the scale we're looking at?
duec22
08/16/2006, 12:41 PM
Looks like a favia frag....very nice gree at that. Ive got a friend that has been tring to find a bright geen frag like that...
cpage3
08/16/2006, 12:54 PM
polyp in the foreground is about an inch maybe a little more across -----
RandyO
08/16/2006, 01:47 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/49623unknown.jpg


It's most likely a member of the Faviidae Family. You can rule out the Mussidae Family because it lacks the spiked corallite appearence.

Many wholesalers and online vendors are selling that coral as Acanthastrea, which is a shame.
Bcollins111900
08/16/2006, 02:06 PM
Heck if vendors think that is an acan I have a solid 8"x8" colony! Nice looking frag, I have a hole colon in my tank that color with a little bit brighter eyes. It is the center peice of my tank. It GLOWS under actinics and moon lighting.
cpage3
08/16/2006, 02:26 PM
THanks randy, can anyone be more specific?

Bcollins111900, how fast does yours grow? is it fleshy? Mines more solid than fleshy.
Bcollins111900
08/16/2006, 02:37 PM
The coral it typicaly a slow grower. I have had mine for a little over a month and I have noticed a few more eyes growing on it around the edges. Most of the time mine is a little fluffy. If you touch it with something you see it deflate a little as if it is fleshy. I have mine in low flowabout 14" from a 250W 10 K Metal Halide and it fourishes IMO
duec22
08/16/2006, 06:05 PM
The frag looks a little damaged in the pic. Try feeding it some meaty food like mysis....that will help speed it's recovery.
cpage3
08/16/2006, 06:53 PM
thanks all, anyone think they know what it is please respond
Chris
ReefDoctorMicromussas
08/16/2006, 07:01 PM
I just cannot resist :)

Bcollins you should really get that colon out of your tank LOL it will cause a nitrate spike

A whole colon must look like a sea snake peristalting its way around
Chads29
08/17/2006, 07:37 PM
that looks very like a coral i seen on a website for sale as a bowerbanki, did you but it from RMW?
Chads29
08/17/2006, 11:10 PM
btw, it appears to be almost identical to my favia