identify coral, im thinking a bounce chalice

Boxed Fish · 2026-10-24T16:06:13-0400

Decamicron Labs · 2026-10-24T17:53:15-0400

I don't think this looks like any of the chalices to me. The oral plate looks a bit too large. Do you have more images from different angles and higher resolution?

Bob Weigant · 2026-10-24T18:46:26-0400

Too hard to tell with my eyesight

winzig · 2026-10-24T19:14:10-0400

I like the wrasse,lol

thamnasteroid · 2026-10-24T19:46:27-0400

Merulinidae sp. (probably really deformed Dipsastraea), not chalice

Boxed Fish · 2026-10-24T19:56:42-0400

winzig said:
I like the wrasse,lol

blu star leopard very top fav

Boxed Fish · 2026-10-24T20:20:57-0400

Decamicron Labs said:
I don't think this looks like any of the chalices to me. The oral plate looks a bit too large. Do you have more images from different angles and higher resolution?

I just fed spot fed it so its curled up a bit

Boxed Fish · 2026-10-24T21:06:47-0400

could be a Scolymia, Favia (maybe not), chalice and as @thamnasteroid said Dipsastraea. the coloring in the center is very attractive

Decamicron Labs · 2026-10-24T22:14:41-0400

I'm going to defer to @thamnasteroid for this one. He knows this stuff better than me. One corallite wall sharing multiple mouths is a very telling trait, but I don't know it off the top of my head.

This isn't a Scolymia or Favia. There are many corals sold as Favia in the hobby, but that genus is restricted to the Atlantic, where it is very illegal to collect coral. The large oral plate rules out many of the genera labelled as chalices in the hobby.