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Old 09-22-2006, 07:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question What type of brain coral is this?
Can anyone tell me what type of brain coral this is. I just bought a 72 gallon tank and it had this and several other corals in it and I'm not sure what type of brain this is. Thanks in advance everyone
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Old 09-22-2006, 08:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm not so sure that it's a brain. Does it have a stony base? Can you take a closer pic?


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Old 09-22-2006, 08:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Looks like a lobophyllia to me. Could also be a scolymia. Tough to tell from that picture. Perhaps some others with flash.
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Old 09-24-2006, 12:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That looks like Lobophyllia to me too.


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looks to me like a young stage of lobophyllia...possibly a hemprichii


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