You saw it first on R2R... Red lithophyllon

[sixty_reefer]

Sharing a new find, I believe this one is extremely uncommon in the hobby, personally I never seen a red one. Could this be the first appearance of a Red lithophyllon?

 

[Tamberav]

It reminds me of the DD coral. Very pretty.

Fuchsia Pink Lava Coal Diaseris Coral, Aquacultured: Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums

m.liveaquaria.com

 

[sixty_reefer]

It reminds me of the DD coral. Very pretty.

Fuchsia Pink Lava Coal Diaseris Coral, Aquacultured: Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums

m.liveaquaria.com

Yes, they quite similar in looks as a frag, lithophyllon has a different growth pattern

Lithophyllon Undulatum | Corals| Aquatic Plants | Fishes

www.neptuneaquatics.com

 

[robbyg]

 

[sixty_reefer]

Ive seen many pavona labelled as lithophyllon as they can be very similar in looks, you can tell the difference as pavona is encrusting coral, lithophyllon is a plating coral. The picture above is of a pavona

 

[sixty_reefer]

https://www.aqualifesupport.com/getArticle.php?ArtID=710

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Wow, good luck with growing that out! I have a blue litho colony that I love to death, I wonder if they could fuse like a monti?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Wow, good luck with growing that out! I have a blue litho colony that I love to death, I wonder if they could fuse like a monti?

Would be interesting if they did

 

[Nano sapiens]

Ive seen many pavona labelled as lithophyllon as they can be very similar in looks, you can tell the difference as pavona is encrusting coral, lithophyllon is a plating coral. The picture above is of a pavona

It's just the way the picture was taken. If you take the photo above and enlarge/sharpen you can see the typical stout and long tentacles with small bulbous tips and the multi-mouths that Lithophyton has.

This was my red 'Ironman' Lithophyllon:

 

[sixty_reefer]

It's just the way the picture was taken. If you take the photo above and enlarge/sharpen you can see the typical stout and long tentacles with small bulbous tips and the multi-mouths that Lithophyton has.

This was my red 'Ironman' Lithophyllon:

Sorry mate, but that’s not lithophyllon also if you do some research you’ll see that lithophyllon doesn’t have tentacles surrounding the multiple mouths, the ones in the picture shared above is also fairly uncommon just not lithophyllon.
True lithophyllon has the tentacles spread all over similar to a fugia.

 

[Hermie]

It's just the way the picture was taken. If you take the photo above and enlarge/sharpen you can see the typical stout and long tentacles with small bulbous tips and the multi-mouths that Lithophyton has.

This was my red 'Ironman' Lithophyllon:

that's Leptastrea most likely not Lithophyllon IMO.

 

[Nano sapiens]

that's Leptastrea most likely not Lithophyllon IMO.

I have a Leptastrea (and have seen many in person and in pictures) and it's very different in appearance. Every mouth, and there are a multitude of them in a colony, has a ring of tentacles and it was at one time included in the family Faviiidae, while Lithophyllon has tentacles spread out everywhere, including around some of the few irregularly placed mouths that are typically present.

This is a typical Lithophyllon (Lithophyllon undulatum) from 'Corals of the World', tentacles not extended. Note the irregular and relatively widely spaced corallites:

And a typical Leptastrea (Leptastrea pruinosa), again from 'Corals of the World', with tentacles withdrawn. Note the rather regular and closely packed corallites:

Anyway, I had to move the 'Ironman' on as it spread so fast (even right over the sand bed) that it was threatening neighbors in my small nano. Very much a chalice type behavior.


Just for fun, some aquarium strains of Lithophyllon: