A newbie question about coral growth

Steph1

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Hi Guys, I have attached a (bad) picture of a coral in my tank and have forgotton its name. I am new to the hobby and have just got my head around water quality and parraneters (a bit anywhay) But I know very little about coral growth at all. Is this coral growing? each individual polyp has a yellow center it seems lately there are tiny bits of yelow showing between the other polyps some only the size if a grain of sand. Is this how this type of corals grow/divide? am I growing them or killing them?

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Looks like a Favia to me, and the heads will split. If you see space between the heads, it may be a bad thing. But really hard to tell with that pic.
 

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Hi! Agree with favia ID. As long as you notice new heads that grow together (like touching each other, no gaps) you’re doing really good. If the color is good, the coral looks nice and healthy with no skeleton, and you notice new baby heads occasionally then you’re all good
 

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