Reefering1
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Is this a favia?
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The title of the thread has been modified, favia? had a typo that the mods edited so the joke is over, it was kind of nasty and not appropriate.....
encrustingacro
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Merulinidae sp., not Favia. Favia, being endemic to the West-Atlantic, aren't found in the hobby. I would guess this is either Favites cf pentagona, Paragoniastrea russelli, or subcerioid Playgyra, but it is too deformed by captivity to tell.
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Nobody's Picking on you bud. Just having a little fun
encrustingacro
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Blastomussa (in the hobby at least) are phaceloid, so it wouldn't be that. Not a chalice/Echinophyllia, the coral is visibly cerioid.
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Any tips on what it's care would consist of?
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Lol thanks, today in general has been a sort of off day, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I'm just here taking my mind off things trying to learn a thing or 10
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Well hopefully we got a smile out of you. Bad days are the ones that make good days special...
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Favite coralI was at my LFS and wanted something different. I asked what it was called so he looked on his order list and all it says is *favia!*
FB ppl said not sure and some said yeah and others said micromusa?
Can anyone tell me for certainty what it is? I don't see any sweeper tentacles at night and honestly don't even know if it's happy where its sitting. It's in around 90 par where it's sitting. I spot fed reefroids yesterday to the entire tank and it didn't react like my other lps's. Any info about this piece would be great!
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Yes I ended up having a great laugh for sure, a well needed one at that.
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Did I spell it wrong or is this the actual name of this specific coral?
Yeah, I was so busy laughing I couldn't see what i was supposed to be looking at.
Got spanked lightly by a fellow reefer, but it all ok, I am glad we got to someone who could see this thing clearly and provide a proper identification.
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Ahh thank you, a quick google search brought this coral up straight away. And to be honest I don't even think I've seen or heard of Favite before so now I'm on a good path thanks to you all. Glad I was able to make others have a great chuckle out of this as well
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There is also Favia coral
encrustingacro
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FaviteS with an S, not "Favite". Favia don't exist in the hobby
encrustingacro
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Merulinid moon/honeycomb corals are found in a wide variety of environments--from deeper reef walls to intertidal habitats--so they can be kept under various conditions. The main important thing is stability; if you are going to change your lighting intensity, flow, or parameters, do so slowly to acclimate the coral.
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I’d say a Favites . I’ve got a few of various colors myself
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