ID this fella for me please

[DrewBrees713]

Can someone ID this for me. Got it for $15 at my LFS. Similar to an acan but not quite. It must be rare cuz no one else in town has them. Theyre a tad ober an inch each.

 

[Breadman03]

I’m not sure which you are talking about, but perhaps a favia/war coral.

 

[tdileo]

Looks like a fat and happy favia to me.

 

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Looks like a prism favia. Hard to tell for sure, but sure looks happy!

 

[DrewBrees713]

Im talking about the two fat round fellas i dont think theyre favia. These are fat, and round and mushy when touched.

 

[DSC reef]

+1 for a favia coral

 

[DeniseAndy]

Favia is a genus in the family Mussidae. There are many, many types of corals we generally refer to as "favia". Some not even in that family or genus. Most are hard to define to genus without specific knowledge and proper equipment to anaylze the skeleton, etc. It is actually an LPS, not a softie, and will have skeleton under the puffy heads. Looks very healthy. Puffy is good.

 

[DrewBrees713]

How can you tell if theres skeletin underneath? Im so happy i got it. It’s one of my favorite piece in my nano. Loveeeee the color and shape. Have you guys seen this particular coral anywhere else? Is it rare?

 

[DeniseAndy]

When it closes at night you may see it or if you pick it up, it will be hard under the polyps. I would leave it though. No point bothering it. It looks great! Lowish flow and moderate light, but looks like you got it covered as it is happy.

 

[DrewBrees713]

Yea it’s not a finicky coral. I currently have it in low light, low flow. I wonder how much this one goes for? Not that it matters , woukdnt sell it even if someone offered me $100. Just curious thats all.