acanthastrea

hey any of you guys know how much acanthastre frags go for?
does the size of the frag depends on the price or is it color???

 

Mostly depends on the colors if you ask me. A coral is worth what you are willing to pay for it. They are coming down in price tho. Do you have something in mind?

Also depends on Acan Lord, non-indo lord, acan echino, echinata, echinophylia....blah blah. Lots of types of acans ;D

 

Birdlady's right, they can range from as low as $15. per polyp all the way into hundreds per polyp. The species and color morphs are what set the price. If your looking for something in particular, PM me.

 

I have come across a lot of Q&A's where people confuse the moon coral (faviia) with the acanthastrea. Is there any definitive way to tell them apart? Maybe the skeleton?

 

Echino is short for echinophylia, which is a whole different family (Pectiniiae) then acans (Mussidae) and a whole lot different looking

 

Yup! My Bad! You must be getting tired of fixing my posts Gresh! ;D

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2002/invert.htm

I am getting confused with Acan Echinata and Acan Subechinata....

Article on Acans and some differences from other 'brain' type corals...

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/reefslides/index.php

 

so how can you really tell the difference when you are at the lfs thinkin' it is acan????

 

For the most part, you should be able to tell if it's an Acan just by looking at it. However to correctly identify the exact species, you need to be able to see the skeleton so can measure the coralites.

 

Not at all, I knew what you meant

I do agree with what you were saying

 

can anybody post a good picture showing the difference between mussidae and favia???