hi all i wonder if anyone can id this acro please.sorry bout the shots best i can do. still an amateur when it comes to taking photos.

hi there it is not a sps coral its name is Cyphastrea decadia classed as lps but beautiful non the less cheers gary

Sorry have not had time to look it up but when i looked at your pics the other night the corallites did look all wrong for an acro ,does it polyp at night ?.

indeed it is i have just been kindly shown it in veron's corals of the world in vol 3. page 249.i would never had guessed it was a faviid coral has it has so many acro like qualities besides the polyp extension.

thanks heaps for that gary it does make life so much easier when u can put a name to something.

kind regards

jason

Trust me when it comes to coral identification, general outward appearence will only give you a very rough idea at best with regard to genus, whilst getting down to species is a whole different ball park..

It is fun trying though, even if we never realy know if we talking sense or complete drivel..

Regards

Simon.

Yeh fun is the right word ,times i have looked in the veron books and said yep its that one and that one or it could be that one .