Favites? ID w/ Picture

[Tang Salad]

Favia? Favites? Any ideas?

 

[Tang Salad]

It's from the Atlantic.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Judging from the appearance, and assuming youre correct in that its Atlantic, my bets are on Favia fragum.

 

[Tang Salad]

Thank you HA.
The reason I suspect it may not be Favia/tes is just the lack of raised corralite walls.; there's no raised ridge separating the polyps. See how perfectly spherical it is? the surface of that sphere is flat, not bumpy like with the other Favids i've seen.

(I haven't kept many Favids ;D)

Thanks again.

 

[tmantaylor18]

that is dead right? just the skeleton?

 

[Tang Salad]

No, it's very alive. It's coloring up quite quickly, taking on more yellow.brownish color each day. It also extends tiny feeder tentacles at night.

 

[adtravels]

Definately favia, favites have shared corallite walls.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

It looks like the corallites have raised edges in that photo- or is that just an illusion from the color of the piece? Check out the skeleton on THIS PAGE for comparison.
Can I ask how you got that piece anyhow??

 

[Tang Salad]

Yeah, I guess the corallites do have raised edges. It's just that the colony is so small (golf ball size) that they aren't as prominent.

Favia fragum is pretty comon in the trade, no? I got it from a reefer in Florida.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12578550#post12578550 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tang Salad
Yeah, I guess the corallites do have raised edges. It's just that the colony is so small (golf ball size) that they aren't as prominent.

Favia fragum is pretty comon in the trade, no? I got it from a reefer in Florida.

That makes sense- F. fragum tends to have pretty small colonies too.

As far as being common.. well, not really. Its actually illegal to collect it from US waters, and illegal to import it from another country. I wonder if your guy got it from 'somewhere' and was just able to grow it out. I was just curious- I like Caribbean corals; just wish there were more available to the hobby.

 

[Tang Salad]

Thanks again HA.

I think it probably is Favia fragum, even though it looks quite different from the other photos I've seen, esp. the one in Borneman's book.

I'm pretty sure the guy said it came in on some aquacultured rock from Florida.