Coral ID

[genericfishname]

This was sold to me as a John Deer Cyphastrea but I am doubtful. When the polys are retracted the are recessed into the flesh of the coral instead of pronouced from the base like most Cyphastrea I have seen before.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tcook]

Looks similar to the spit fire lepastrea on Tidal Gardens site.

Very nice coral.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

It's an LPS, not an SPS, and I agree that it's not a cyphastrea.
Possibly a lepto?
Can you post a pic under whites? (It's beautiful under blues but might help with ID :) )

 

[genericfishname]

It's an LPS, not an SPS, and I agree that it's not a cyphastrea.
Possibly a lepto?
Can you post a pic under whites? (It's beautiful under blues but might help with ID :) )

I will snag a good pic tomorrow when the lights come back on. And sorry for putting it in the wrong forum ;)

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I will snag a good pic tomorrow when the lights come back on. And sorry for putting it in the wrong forum ;)

No worries, just wanted to help clarify the ID :). If you were searching for SPS corals that look like yours, you might have been on the wrong track

 

[genericfishname]

Looks similar to the spit fire lepastrea on Tidal Gardens site.

Very nice coral.

Thanks. I went to the shop to pick up a meteor shower cyphastrea to put on the back wall of my tank but this one jumped out at me so it came home instead that day. I will grab the meteor shower eventually.

 

[steveschuerger]

Definitely a lepastrea. I recently lost one that looked remarkably similar due to some stupidity on my part.Gorgeous piece by the way.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks. I went to the shop to pick up a meteor shower cyphastrea to put on the back wall of my tank but this one jumped out at me so it came home instead that day. I will grab the meteor shower eventually.

Are you in Dayton, Texas? Or Dayton Ohio?
I'll trade you for some cyphastrea if you're in Tx, lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

This was sold to me as a John Deer Cyphastrea but I am doubtful. When the polys are retracted the are recessed into the flesh of the coral instead of pronouced from the base like most Cyphastrea I have seen before.

Thanks in advance.

Saw something like this at recent MACNA and I believed they called it Ultra Aussie Lepastrea

 

[thamnasteroid]

Leptastrea

 

[genericfishname]

Thanks everyone! I will treat it as a Leptastrea.

 

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It is 100% Leptastrea.