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Tang Salad
05/19/2008, 09:40 PM
Favia? Favites? Any ideas?
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8114/favitespf9.jpg

Tang Salad
05/19/2008, 10:31 PM
It's from the Atlantic.

Hormigaquatica
05/19/2008, 10:42 PM
Judging from the appearance, and assuming youre correct in that its Atlantic, my bets are on Favia fragum.

Tang Salad
05/19/2008, 11:28 PM
Thank you HA. :)
The reason I suspect it may not be Favia/tes is just the lack of raised corralite walls.; there's no raised ridge separating the polyps. See how perfectly spherical it is? the surface of that sphere is flat, not bumpy like with the other Favids i've seen.

(I haven't kept many Favids ;D)

Thanks again.

tmantaylor18
05/20/2008, 12:53 AM
that is dead right? just the skeleton?

Tang Salad
05/20/2008, 08:59 AM
No, it's very alive. It's coloring up quite quickly, taking on more yellow.brownish color each day. It also extends tiny feeder tentacles at night.

adtravels
05/20/2008, 09:14 AM
Definately favia, favites have shared corallite walls.

Hormigaquatica
05/20/2008, 01:14 PM
It looks like the corallites have raised edges in that photo- or is that just an illusion from the color of the piece? Check out the skeleton on THIS PAGE (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species%20pages/578.htm) for comparison.
Can I ask how you got that piece anyhow??

Tang Salad
05/20/2008, 02:04 PM
Yeah, I guess the corallites do have raised edges. It's just that the colony is so small (golf ball size) that they aren't as prominent.

Favia fragum is pretty comon in the trade, no? I got it from a reefer in Florida.

Hormigaquatica
05/20/2008, 05:42 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12578550#post12578550 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tang Salad
Yeah, I guess the corallites do have raised edges. It's just that the colony is so small (golf ball size) that they aren't as prominent.

Favia fragum is pretty comon in the trade, no? I got it from a reefer in Florida.

That makes sense- F. fragum tends to have pretty small colonies too.

As far as being common.. well, not really. Its actually illegal to collect it from US waters, and illegal to import it from another country. I wonder if your guy got it from 'somewhere' and was just able to grow it out. I was just curious- I like Caribbean corals; just wish there were more available to the hobby.

Tang Salad
05/21/2008, 08:20 AM
Thanks again HA.

I think it probably is Favia fragum, even though it looks quite different from the other photos I've seen, esp. the one in Borneman's book.

I'm pretty sure the guy said it came in on some aquacultured rock from Florida.