Coral Id - was part of an acan frag pack

[jcm1229]

I bought an acan frag pack about a year ago - but I don't think this is an acan. Can someone give me an ID on it?

Thanks!

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[caddisfly]

Looks like Favites to me.

 

[nmprisons]

How big are the polyps?

 

[jcm1229]

The individual polyps when expanded are about the size of a quarter. I've had a favites before and this doesn't look anything like it.

 

[RandyO]

Does the coral get long sweeper tentacles at night, or just those short feeding tentacles?


It looks like a member of the Faviidae Family.

 

[paininthewrasse]

doesnt look like favites to me... I dunno though RandyO is the man though so I'd go w/ whatever he decides

 

[Mchava]

not an acan its some type of lobo or in the same famaly. If you notice the front pollyps has 3 mouths. Acan are single mouth pollyps

 

[musty baby]

That's a SUPER ATOMIC Japanese Acanthastrea maxima Micromussa.

J/k, have no idea. Nice looking critter though.

 

[bobafett]

Looks like a lobo with its feeding tentacles out.

 

[SitBackAndWatch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9020080#post9020080 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryansholl
That's a SUPER ATOMIC Japanese Acanthastrea maxima Micromussa.

I'm going to have to agree....


Seriously though... I dont know but they sure are sweet looking.

 

[adddo]

Lobo imo

 

[nmprisons]

just saw the same thing in my LFS ... the folks who work there are very knowledgeable (seriously) and they argued over what type of brain it was for a while. It is some type of brain. That is all I know, sorry.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

any chance of getting a shot from farther away? there is no way to really judge polyp size. with no skeleton, and not even something for size reference, any ID is totally impossible. Its cool looking though