Acan? Favia? What am I?

[Indytraveler83]

Hey,

This was sold to me as an Acan for my acan garden, and was about half the size it is now.

When I first put it next to an Acan Lord, the acan killed 2 heads and nearly the whole frag.

For a few months I've let it live mostly away from everything else and it's recovering, but I have no idea what it is.

It doesn't have the same feeding response a the acan Lord's, and frequently has 1 in (or so) sweepers coming from near the mouths of the head. It seems to prefer medium light (more than acans, but less than chalice/Monti's. So far it has also enjoyed fairly heavy flow.

Any help is appreciated!

 

[Doctorgori]

Thanks and Yeah can someone explain how to tell one from the other?

 

[Indytraveler83]

Thanks and Yeah can someone explain how to tell one from the other?

I have other favia frags and it doesn't really look like them either. It looks sort of like and acan, and plumps up like one, but the sweepers tell me it's probably not. It also doesn't seem to actively "eat" like the acans. I hope someone can ID it!

 

[Indytraveler83]

Bump! Someone has to know what I've got!

 

[C. Eymann]

Looks like goniastera, maybe G. palauensis as its pretty common in the hobby, Im not great with LPS ID though.

Vivids sells one that looks similar called alien moon goniastrea.

 

[Indytraveler83]

Looks like goniastera, maybe G. palauensis as its pretty common in the hobby, Im not great with LPS ID though.

Vivids sells one that looks similar called alien moon goniastrea.

Appreciate it. From what I looked up that sure sounds/looks like what it is, all the way down to the sweepers.