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Hard Coral ID anyone?


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Had this piece for a month or so.

Small corallites of about 5mm, tightly packed in a random array.

Skeleton between the corallites are visible throughout the day.

Placed directly 6 inches away from 150w of T5s.

What you see is what you get ... no actinics.

I do not believe its Gorniopora or Porites.

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Sure is a hard coral to ID!

Maybe I'll consult my Veron book instead of making a guess. But I'm gonna be thumbing though a whole of similar looking corals and STILL making a guess! :lol:

Say... do me a favour.... bleach the coral and get a close up of the skeleton corallite! :P Makes IDing much easier!

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Not a Faviid for sure. Something closer to a Mussiid.

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Could be a Leptastrea bewickensis or Leptastrea pruinosa.

It's definitely in the Leptastrea family.

Characters: Colonies are massive, flat or hillocky.

Septa are in unequal cycles with approximately six widely spaced exsert primary septa plunging down to a small columella.

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Say... do me a favour.... bleach the coral and get a close up of the skeleton corallite! :P Makes IDing much easier!

I agree.....frag a piece offf and dump it in some bleach...then get back to us ;):lol::lol:

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I'd frag it if I could, it comes on a densely heavy rock.

There are some spot where its bleached, will try to take a picture of that.

Perhaps I'll also take a picture right after the lights come on, maybe then we can get a close look at it.

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