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02/16/2011, 02:18 PM
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Asexual reproduction of a Favites
I belive this is a Favites, "pineapple" brain. I got the huge mother from a guy leaving the hobby in a hurry and within a couple of months it started doing this:
 It was a tank hog so I gave the mother to a fellow reefer and kept one of the little guys to grow out: 12-14 months later, has developed a pretty heavy solid core. 
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02/16/2011, 03:02 PM
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That's actually a Favia or perhaps Goniastrea. Definitely not Favites, for sure. Favites polyps have shared corallite walls. Regardless it's a nice specimen.
What you are seeing is a known method of asexual reproduction for them, but you don't see it often in captivity. Very cool.
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02/16/2011, 06:02 PM
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+1. That is pure Favia. And a nice one, too!
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02/16/2011, 07:07 PM
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Favites Spp.
Awesome Pics. |
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