Help with Coral Identification

[MarkDE]

Good Day to everyone ,

ive bought this Coral about 8 years ago and it has grown from a small colony to a pretty large one .
Now ive done some frags but tbh ... i dont know the name of this Coral anymore , i already searched the web like crazy but cant find the exact species .
Maybe someone here know it ?

Greetings from Germany ,

Mark ;)

ps: ive also put in a picture from 2017 , i already had it for 3 years :)

 

[blaxsun]

It's late and I'm probably going to get this wrong, but it's either a lobophyllia, favia/favite or acan echinata.

 

[MarkDE]

Hey Blaxsun ,

thanks for your reply . I think you might be right , i guess i bought it as a lobophyllia . Could it be a Loophyllia Castata ?

 

[Goaway]

It could be acanthastrea pachysepta thing?

 

[Bfragale]

im No expert but my guess is a lobo
+1

 

[mdb_talon]

It could be acanthastrea pachysepta thing?

I would also guess this. Either way it is either a lobo or what until very recently what was considered a lobo. In any case 99% of the time it is sold as a lobo.

 

[Goaway]

I would also guess this. Either way it is either a lobo or what until very recently what was considered a lobo. In any case 99% of the time it is sold as a lobo.

One or the other. But, pachysepta is very aggressive, from what I have read. It will eat it's neighbors. I guess lobos do to? A bit inexperienced to say.

 

[mdb_talon]

One or the other. But, pachysepta is very aggressive, from what I have read. It will eat it's neighbors. I guess lobos do to? A bit inexperienced to say.

I have read that the pachysepta are much more aggressive also. Personally i have never noticed any difference at all and put them right next to and touching other true lobos and never had an issue(and supposedly from what I read they should fight)

 

[Goby Bryant]

LOBO

 

[thamnasteroid]

Looks like a pachysepta to me. You can usually tell by the flesh.