Is this Favia?

[eaareef]

I just bought this coral from my LFS, and they said it's a favia but I've never seen favia like this before. Do you guys know this coral

 

[miyags]

Not sure what it is.But it's not a Favia

 

[rhitee93]

Looks like GSP to me.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Definitely NOT favia. I am not sure what it is.

 

[eaareef]

Ok, I'll make another video. I'll touch the coral a little bit, so it can be seen a little bit clearer.

 

[stewy14]

galaxia

 

[Jimbo662]

If it is a galaxia make sure to give it plenty of room. It'll put out long feeders and sting everything.

 

[encrustingacro]

Not Favia; possibly Leptastrea or Psammocora

galaxia

If it is a galaxia make sure to give it plenty of room. It'll put out long feeders and sting everything.

Not Galaxea; notice how the growth form is thamnasteroid/cerioid, not plocoid

Looks like GSP to me.

Not GSP; note the number of tentacles per polyp. Eight is the normal tentacle count for soft corals; this coral has more than eight.

 

[stewy14]

Not Favia; possibly Leptastrea or Psammocora



Not Galaxea; notice how the growth form is thamnasteroid/cerioid, not plocoid


Not GSP; note the number of tentacles per polyp. Eight is the normal tentacle count for soft corals; this coral has more than eight.

soo...
then what is it?

 

[encrustingacro]

soo...
then what is it?

Either Leptastrea or Psammocora haimiana I would guess, as noted in my previous comment

 

[eaareef]

This video when the lights are off

 

[stewy14]

Either Leptastrea or Psammocora haimiana I would guess, as noted in my previous comment

PERSOANNLLYY
I dont think its the second since it doesn't seem to have the hole things like the ps has.
and same with the lepta

 

[encrustingacro]

PERSOANNLLYY
I dont think its the second since it doesn't seem to have the hole things like the ps has.
and same with the lepta

What do you mean by "hole things"?

 

[encrustingacro]

This video when the lights are off

Can you post a higher-resolution image please?

 

[stewy14]

What do you mean by "hole things"?

Like the circle shape thingies, the dips with the colors, idk how to describe it

 

[encrustingacro]

Like the circle shape thingies, the dips with the colors, idk how to describe it

You mean calices? Those can be obscured by the tentacles. I honestly would need a higher-quality photo--possibly closed up--to tell, but it's definitely not a Galaxea. The closed-up video did show corallite boundaries and a visible coenosarc, so I'm leaning Leptastrea.

 

[SueAubu]

I just bought this coral from my LFS, and they said it's a favia but I've never seen favia like this before. Do you guys know this coral

Not a Favia. I was thinking psammocora, also, but the underlying skeleton is wrong. I was almost thinking goniopora, but the night shot doesn't show any dimples in the skeleton. So now I'm back on galaxea. Mine is rounded, like that, but I can't tell if the polyps have the individual skeletons.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Quiet possible Leptastrea