help Id'ing

[Borderjumper]

any ideas what this is? doesnt look right for either an Acan or a favia

[tang daddy]

my guess is acan

[fencer]

Blasto?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Looks like Acanthastrea Echinata to me.

[Chowder]

Looks like a Acan to me.

[Salmon King]

try here I think it is picture 51 http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3D1%26hl%3Den

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

Looks like Acanthastrea Echinata to me.

I think your right. What threw me was I was comparing it to my aussie acans and it doesnt have individual looking polyps like they do.
I didnt realize there were a couple of different species of acans.. of which the echinata is the most common. This new one looks similiar to my orange crush acan which is called Brittney ( we wont go there) and is the nastiest coral in my tank. She will throw stringers 6 inches out and up over rocks to get to the other corals. Bad Brittney!

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Salmon King

try here I think it is picture 51 http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3D1%26hl%3Den

Could be.. it just seems fleshier than my other favias. I'll see how it extends to feed a little later.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Yup. Your Aussie Acans are likely Acanthastrea Lordhowensis.

[Snappy]

Acan is a pretty broad term but your coral is in that family.