Is this a favia

[125mph]

i have this frag in my tank. My regal angel nip at a lot of things but leaves this alone.

What coral is this?

 

[DDenny]

Looks like a dragon soul favia but not sure it’s really a favia. More will chime in that know more than I do.

 

[thamnasteroid]

either Dipsastraea or Favites, not Favia. Would need a better photo to tell.

 

[Naekuh]

definitely dragon soul favia.. i have one.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Favia, being west-Atlantic endemics, don't exist in the hobby, so it wouldn't be Favia. "Dragon-Soul"/"Prism Favia" are actually either Dipsastraea rosaria or Favites cf paraflexuosus.

 

[Slocke]

Since we’re on the topic what is this?

 

[thamnasteroid]

Since we’re on the topic what is this?

Would need a clearer photo showing corallite photo to tell, but looks like either Leptastrea or Favites cf pentagona to me.

 

[Naekuh]

I am leaning to Leptastrea, as i think favias have more flesh around the eyes.

 

[thamnasteroid]

I am leaning to Leptastrea, as i think favias have more flesh around the eyes.

True Favia don't exist in the hobby.

 

[Slocke]

Would need a clearer photo showing corallite photo to tell, but looks like either Leptastrea or Favites cf pentagona to me.

Thanks. Tried to get a better photo but my blues are too blue and my camera can’t focus. I’m pretty sure it isn’t a favites because its polyps are tiny and have uniform size. I have a yellow Leptastrea and this does look similar but its polyps are about half the size of the yellow lepta.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Thanks. Tried to get a better photo but my blues are too blue and my camera can’t focus. I’m pretty sure it isn’t a favites because its polyps are tiny and have uniform size. I have a yellow Leptastrea and this does look similar but its polyps are about half the size of the yellow lepta.

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[thamnasteroid]

Thanks. Tried to get a better photo but my blues are too blue and my camera can’t focus. I’m pretty sure it isn’t a favites because its polyps are tiny and have uniform size. I have a yellow Leptastrea and this does look similar but its polyps are about half the size of the yellow lepta.

If there is a clear separation between oral disc and coenosarc, it's Favites; if the whole corallite is the oral disc, then it's Leptastrea. I'm leaning more towards  Lepastrea, since I can see the tentacles, and the tentacles seem to contain zooxanthellae.