HELP ID- CYNARINA OR ACANTHOPHYLLIA??

[PeterB113]

Hey guys im at my LFS right now and im looking to by this coral. Just wondering what kind of meat coral it is. Acanthophyllia or cynarina the owner isint here today so the employees dont know. Thanks in advance!

 

[fishguy242]

acanthophyllia..

 

[PeterB113]

acanthophyllia..

Awesome i was hoping so lol, i just bought it. Hope its alot more colorful in my tank than theirs lol they only use white lights here.

 

[PeterB113]

acanthophyllia..

 

[fishguy242]

oh she will.. come back here and show us...

 

[PeterB113]

oh she will.. come back here and show us...

Will do. Also do you know roughly how much acanthos usually go for? I know there usually expensive i just want to make sure i didnt get scammed.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

That Acan is going to be very nice in your tank! Post pics!

 

[ATAquariums]

That looks like a welso or possibly trachy to me.

 

[fishguy242]

going to look close to this under blues..

whites

 

[ATAquariums]

going to look close to this under blues..

whites

This does look like an acanto. look at the flesh patters on this one versus the original.

 

[PeterB113]

That looks like a welso or possibly trachy to me.

It looks really round though. Not bent or pinched like trachys usually are. I actually just bought this because something stung my trachyphyllia 2 days ago....

 

[fishguy242]

trachy,welso

 

[PeterB113]

oh she will.. come back here and show us...

One day later still not fully open but looking good!

 

[PeterB113]

Looking good

 

[PeterB113]

trachy,welso

Can you tell off the feeding response if it's a acantho or trachyphyllia? Just took this video feeding it.(cleaner shrimp stole some though...)

 

[jassermd]

That looks like a trachy to me... I have many of them in my DT along with acanthos and cynarina. I have several that are round and some with the folds... The texture of the flesh (straight from the center out to the edge) is telling.
Based on the feeding response and the last couple pics, I'd put my bet on trachy...

 

[PeterB113]

That looks like a trachy to me... I have many of them in my DT along with acanthos and cynarina. The texture of the flesh (straight from the center out to the edge) is telling. If the first couple pics were the same coral, those look more like an acantho to me.
Based on the feeding response and the last couple pics, I'd put my bet on trachy...

The first few pics and this video are the same coral.

 

[fishguy242]

most likely Indothophilla, my guess ,2-500 range true acano,will be in 8-1200 range

 

[MCatano]

That looks like a welso or possibly trachy to me.

+1, doesn't look like Acanthophyllia

 

[PeterB113]

most likely Indothophilla, my guess ,2-500 range true acano,will be in 8-1200 range

Wow that's awesome got it for 60$.