Is this an Acan?

[b1llvance]

This was sold locally as an acan. I’m pretty familiar with Acan lords and echinata but this doesn’t look like either to me. Photo with and without an orange filter. Sorry the second pic looks like I’ve turned the saturation way up but I think it’s just the way my phone handles the blues.

 

[Baldyreef]

looks more like a micromussa to me
@thamnasteroid can hopefully weigh in here

 

[b1llvance]

The polyps are very circular and flat. My micros seem like just miniature versions of other acans, the polyps are pretty cupped shaped when happy. Very well could be a micro just a different growth pattern of this one.

 

[Tahoe61]

Acans=Micromussa.
Acan Enchinata is not Micromussa.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acans-vs-echinata-acans.971582/

 

[thamnasteroid]

Yeah, Micromussa. To know if it is a lord for sure you have to know the collection locality, Queensland/GBR = lord, coral triangle/Indonesia = amakusensis (or multipunctata in some rare cases). However you can usually tell where it's from based on coloration: AU micromussa tend to have "duller" (idk how to describe it) colors while Coral Triangle micromussa tend to have a "deeper" quality to their coloration.

 

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My vote is for Micromussa as well, it could be the lighting that it was under was affecting it's growth. The polyps look a little flat and drawn in so it may have been under too intense of a light.

 

[b1llvance]

Awesome thank you all for your help!