Acan coral identification please

[Saltliquid]

Could you guys positively ID these common, "œof what I assume are variations of acans", please guys.
These are all common around here and the pics are from three days back.
Thanks for any help with this!

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[Tweaked]

Common types found are Mircromussa, Lordhowensis, Hillae, and Bowenbanki.

Leaning toward Hillae on 1st image
Second looks more like a favia
Third and fourth lords
Fifth micro

I'll take a frag of the Hillae please. Awesome piece :thumbsup:

 

[Puffyluv]

I think the first one is a bowerbanki. We grow a red morph of that...the heads on the hillae aren't as irregular and large...

 

[Tweaked]

I think the first one is a bowerbanki. We grow a red morph of that...the heads on the hillae aren't as irregular and large...

The hardest two to distinguish for sure.

 

[Puffyluv]

If you have them both together it is a lot easier, lol, yeah...head size is soooo hard to judge in a pic!

My customers get irritated with me sometimes, I think, lol...they ask me do I have any acans while standing next to hillae, echinata, and bower. So, I say "Well, yes, I do...but I think you might be looking for a lord...since there are three types of acans right there..." and point to a spot right beside them. Lords always sell out first.

I think I also have a...hmmm...NOT hillae...but close...and not a bower...can't figure out what it is!!!

 

[aromano]

If you have them both together it is a lot easier, lol, yeah...head size is soooo hard to judge in a pic!

My customers get irritated with me sometimes, I think, lol...they ask me do I have any acans while standing next to hillae, echinata, and bower. So, I say "Well, yes, I do...but I think you might be looking for a lord...since there are three types of acans right there..." and point to a spot right beside them. Lords always sell out first.

I think I also have a...hmmm...NOT hillae...but close...and not a bower...can't figure out what it is!!!

Maybe the one you're searching for is a rotundiflora, they are sort of halfway between an echinata and an oxypora chalice in appearance.

 

[Puffyluv]

That's the best guess I have had so far, yeah! We are amateurs though, all of us...without a microscope and a piece of skeleton (and probably some other science type items, lol) is always just our best guess! Funnest guessing game I know, though!

 

[Saltliquid]

Thanks guys.

 

[Puffyluv]

Anytime, I love this game!

 

[snorvich]

The last four seem fairly straight forward. The first one . . . well there are some good guesses above, but I certainly don't know.

 

[Tweaked]

I really just love every single one of them. Awesome.