What is this? (photo included)

[Blitz99]

trying to find out what i bought

it's an acan of sorts, correct?

 

[deanos]

Acanthastrea echinata or subechinata.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

I will agree with that, and by the way, blitz 99 was a great game, but you already know that.

 

[Blitz99]

any "non scientific" names? like "orange crush" or no?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

You can call it orange crush if you want to; that just generally refers to a really orange A. echinata. Or just call it a 'brain.' Thats about as common a name as youre gonna find. Acan is used most often.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

zoafrag.com lists it as an orange crush

 

[HolyScoly]

ill second the acan enchinata

 

[Minhle100]

hey guys i just have a question about that picture. i just bought what i thought was an acan but when i got home i think that it is really some kind of a favia.

from that picture that seems like that could be a favia, i'm only making this assumption because it looks like mine.

how can i make a determination between the two? i have always thought that favias had somewhat small polyps (at least all the ones that i've seen) and acans or other micros have much larger ones.

 

[nUgZ]

That is definitely an Acanthastrea, not a Favia. Favia has corallites that almost look separated. A Favites would have corallites that are more connected like the Acanthastrea, but like I said before that picture above is Acanthastrea. Here are some links to show the difference.

Acanthastrea echinata(most likely what that is)

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species pages/2.htm

Favia

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/401-500/Species pages/495.htm

Favites

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species pages/750.htm

Hope that helps

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

Wholly agree Acan ECH. ABSOLUTELY not a Favia

 

[BlueCorn]

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