coral id

[rackman]

i hope this is the right place to ask...

can anybody id this coral for me it just has like a skin that grows first and then the polyps come out next, was sold as a "meteor shower" but he did not know the type of coral that it is

he told me it is a lower light coral also

thanks for any help

 

[Nanook]

Looks like cyphastrea.

 

[rackman]

yep that's it,

thanks dave

 

[rick12]

+1 cyphastrea.

fast grower.

 

[Soundtrigger]

Nice looking cyphastrea

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

but no soft coral....

regards

Markus

 

[rackman]

Hello,

but no soft coral....

regards

Markus

well, what is it... it is not the branching variety

 

[Nanook]

It has been called LPS and SPS depending on who you talk with It is definitely a stony coral though.