Is this Porites?
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Mr. Mojo Rising
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its hard to confirm with it browned out like that... I'm thinking not porites, looks more like cyphastrea to me, but I'm just guessing to be honest.
If it is porites, it likes high light and high flow, put it at the top of your tank. Mine is at the top directly under metal hallides.
If it is porites, it likes high light and high flow, put it at the top of your tank. Mine is at the top directly under metal hallides.
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It looks like lepastrea and is quite hardy and I too got mine on live rock
same question here also as that looks just like the stuff that comes for free on old Pacific LR
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It almost reminds me of some species of star coral that I see diving here in FL. (not saying this is my best guess) But the sunken in polyp heads are similar. I see why people say leptastrea but I feel like the structure is a bit different...dunno
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Not Cyphastrea as it is not plocoid; not Leptastrea either Could be Porites; other similar coral genera exist, like Madracis
If it came on maricultured Florida/Caribbean live rock it wouldn't be Leptastrea, as Leptastrea doesn't occur in the West-Atlantic.
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From where?
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Does not look like Florida rock with these specimens
This is my lepastrea and looks like it
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encrustingacro
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yeah, nvm; your rock probably wasn't Caribbean/Florida rockDoes not look like Florida rock with these specimens
This is my lepastrea and looks like it
encrustingacro
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I would say the polyps of this coral looks different than that of Leptastrea; looks like either a pocilloporid or poritidDoes not look like Florida rock with these specimens
This is my lepastrea and looks like it
