Pls help to ID this coral

[Jun Hong]

Please help me to ID the coral circled by black marker.

Got it from LCK last month.

[Jun Hong]

It look like favia but it is more meaty than the favia show in the same photo.

This photo shows it is in feeding mode. Its feeding response is quite strong once it smells food around it.

*Photo resized*

Edited November 24, 2004 by Jun Hong

[Travy]

Looks nice, how much u paid for it?

[hamannbmw]

acans.....

[Jun Hong]

Looks nice, how much u paid for it?

PM U regarding the price.

[DeepBlue]

yup...definitely acanthastrea lordhowensis ....aka...gem

[flubberina13]

Yes...it's an acans lord. And I believe you paid a good price and those those cut-throat prices.

[Jun Hong]

Received some PM that request for the frag for it. But sorry I have not intention to frag it since I can't take the risk and I have no experience in doing so.

Thanks for all the good comments that make me feel lucky to own such acan.

BTW, still nobody know its ID?

[DeepBlue]

I thought I saw a few guys posting the ID of the corals....

you have doubts believing them or you are not reading the replies?

acanthastrea lordhowensis

here's a variant specimen...they come in different colours.

Got the pic from an LFS.

if you want more info on it...can also consider going RC and check it out....they even have some fragging techniques shared there.

[bubble_gum]

a gem definately a lord

[roidan]

sorry to interrupt...

but is this an acans also?

i had this piece probably half a year or so...always thought it was a meaty moon with obvious feeding tentacles at night...

minty green....quite a long piece i got....about 7inches across

well, maybe it's just a meaty moon..hehe

[neokn]

I saw a sunburnst under the rock.

[DeepBlue]

ninja.....its a gem moon ......good try

[roidan]

let's call it the mimic moon...

so fleshy...i tot was an acan

[Jun Hong]

I thought I saw a few guys posting the ID of the corals....

you have doubts believing them or you are not reading the replies?

acanthastrea lordhowensis

here's a variant specimen...they come in different colours.

Got the pic from an LFS.

if you want more info on it...can also consider going RC and check it out....they even have some fragging techniques shared there.

I am so use to the common name of coral (brain, moon, hammer and etc) so I am not realized that "Acanthastrea Lordhowensis" is the scientific name of this coral.

Thanks for the ID

[flubberina13]

It's along the sub species of moon corals. But an idenitity of its own. I will be fragging mine soon. as this is fraggable.