Please help identify coral

[cma]

Please help identify coral

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So I just purchased this coral frag earlier today but I'm not sure what it is. please help identify this coral. thanks!

[billdogg]

It's difficult to say from the photo. I think maybe a blastomussa, but I can never remember which is smaller - welsi or merletta (sp? On both)

[rgulrich]

My first guess would have been a Favia sp.
As with most things "coral", it can be pretty difficult to narrow down much further without a DNA sample.

Try using "favia coral" (green favia would narrow it even further) as a search term in Google and go through the images - you may find a few that are pretty close to yours. These come in veritable rainbow of colors.

Cheers,
Ray

[cleverbs]

its a favia