Lps id

[sp4zzy]

Posted it a while back but no one was able to positively ID - it's grown in quite a bit, so maybe more luck?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I'm not sure either. Their polyps look kinda like Candy Canes but they also have the shape of an Acan. I'm sure it's neither but it is a very nice looking coral!

 

[sp4zzy]

Thanks! Picked it up for pretty cheap at about half that size and partially bleached, so I'm glad it's recovering well. I also have a rescue Blastomussa and what may or may not be a Lobo that are coming back from MAJOR tissue recession - hoping to post those for an ID soon too

 

[Tweaked]

Can we get a top down shot? Leaning towards goniastrea

 

[C.Eymann]

Doesn't look like it has shared walls like a goniastera or favites so I'm guessing possibly a micromussa or favia.

 

[Tweaked]

Doesn't look like it has shared walls like a goniastera or favites so I'm guessing possibly a micromussa or favia.

They can be deceiving when they are grown from single frags at first. Case in point, a single echinata frag can really look like a large acan, when in fact they are very small and close together in colony form. JME

 

[Tweaked]

Example:

Prism Soul Favia which we all know is a goniastrea. But the prism growth is gone due to the "frag effect" as it is just getting started.

 

[aromano]

local LFS has similar frags labelled as goniastrea . I'm agreeing that is what you have.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I have to agree with goniastrea

Tweaked, how long does it take the skeleton to grow in

 

[Tweaked]

I have to agree with goniastrea

Tweaked, how long does it take the skeleton to grow in

Like most larger polyp skeletons, quite a while. Keep the big three in check and stable, and feed maintaining proper light is your best bet. Me personally, I like only blues and low light for LPS.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated :thumbsup:

 

[Tweaked]

No problem, glad to assist