Where can I find this online?

[LadyTang2]

I see these round brain coral in public aquariums, but its hard to recognize frags of this. Where can I get something that will grow into this and does it become round on its own or do you need a perfectly round for it to be on?

 

[Neoalchemist]

That is the growth form of a maze brain coral that has been grown on the sand bed from day one. Buy a frag and grow it out on the sand is the long route. Otherwise shop for poeple breaking down older tanks.

 

[LadyTang2]

That is the growth form of a maze brain coral that has been grown on the sand bed from day one. Buy a frag and grow it out on the sand is the is the long route. Otherwise shop for poeple breaking down older tanks.

If I have a goby spitting sand on it will it do ok?

 

[Neoalchemist]

Most, if not all favia, favites and maze brains will take this growth form on the sand. They need plenty of unobstructed light and little interferance from other corals.

 

[Neoalchemist]

Goby probably wont bother it. Unless its constantly getting buried. As long as its getting enough flow to help keep it clean.

 

[Neoalchemist]

They grow better if they are not getting bumped around. Best too glue them too a decent size roundish rock and keep the base rock buried in sand.

 

[Softhammer]

And be prepared to wait about 20 years....

 

[C. Eymann]

I see these round brain coral in public aquariums, but its hard to recognize frags of this. Where can I get something that will grow into this and does it become round on its own or do you need a perfectly round for it to be on?

looks like diploria labyrinthiformis, a Caribbean coral, protected and illegal to harvest.