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Hello! I could use some help with an ID on this. LFS sold it to me as a blasto for 10 dollars but as I learn about different corals it kinda seems like a Favia. I had some people on Facebook suggest a button Scoly but one of the frags of these had two heads. I didn’t think Scoly grew new heads. TIA!

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Hello! I could use some help with an ID on this. LFS sold it to me as a blasto for 10 dollars but as I learn about different corals it kinda seems like a Favia. I had some people on Facebook suggest a button Scoly but one of the frags of these had two heads. I didn’t think Scoly grew new heads. TIA!

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I’d agree with Button Scoly as they can get double heads - they’re a species of ‘Acan’ (Micromussa pacifica).
 
It's likely just a single corallite of Dipsastraea.

I’d agree with Button Scoly as they can get double heads - they’re a species of ‘Acan’ (Micromussa pacifica).
Not a button scoly; notice the septal ridges on the coenosarc
 

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