ID: Favia or Acan?

[tomterreefic]

About a year or so ago, I glued a couple of Gorgonian tips onto a piece of rubble at an LFS I used to frequent. The Gorgonian never amounted to much and then a polyp appeared on the rock. Its been growing every since and is looking quite nice. I'm assuming this is a Favia of sorts because I couldn't be lucky enough to get a hitchhiker Acan. But I'm not really sure. What do you think?

 

[Drew Reed]

Looks to me like a Favia

 

[duec22]

could you make the picture a little smaller so I can be even more unsure...

 

[tomterreefic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8826232#post8826232 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by duec22
could you make the picture a little smaller so I can be even more unsure...

You know a simple " The pic is too small to tell." would suffice. If you don't like a pic or thread, you're not obligated to leave a contemptuous response.

The pic was resized when I made it my avatar. However, here's the pic before it was resized.

 

[saltycreefer]

The pic is good,it's just a tough coral to identify IMO from a pic.

 

[tomterreefic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8826702#post8826702 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltycreefer
The pic is good,it's just a tough coral to identify IMO from a pic.

I agree, its tough for me even looking at it in my tank. I just don't know enough about the differences between the groups. Thanks for the pic compliment.

 

[RandyO]

Looks like a member of the Favidae Family.

 

[duec22]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8826677#post8826677 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tomterreefic
You know a simple " The pic is too small to tell." would suffice. If you don't like a pic or thread, you're not obligated to leave a contemptuous response.
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It wasn’t meant to sound that way. It was meant more as nudging humor. Unfortunately the internet doesn't convey tone or expression...that combined with others insecurities leads to misunderstandings...
Here is a link you can look though for the ID. I will no longer do it for you, but I would start under the Favites genus.
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

 

[paininthewrasse]

IMO looks like some sort of favia.. but its hard to tell for sure

 

[paininthewrasse]

sorry double post.

Awesome hitchhiker though!