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not that i doubt you, but arent those just Favites spp. i have seen many different corals these days, and i am just curious what makes these rare? do they come from a newly opened collection area? i know a lot of the non photosynthetic corals are pretty rare due to their low survival rates, but i dont know of too many "rare" LPS corals. by the way. the first pic is AWESOME. that is a beautiful Mandarin dragonet. is this your set up?
 
CentralMayhem said:
not that i doubt you, but arent those just Favites spp. i have seen many different corals these days, and i am just curious what makes these rare? do they come from a newly opened collection area? i know a lot of the non photosynthetic corals are pretty rare due to their low survival rates, but i dont know of too many "rare" LPS corals. by the way. the first pic is AWESOME. that is a beautiful Mandarin dragonet. is this your set up?

they are mussidae family I believe, specifically micromussa and acanthastrea, found only in a few locations around the world. Some have sold for as much as 700 dollars per polyp, roughly the price of platinum I would say. There are also the "Indo" lords now, but those are worth much less also the color varities. yes, that is my set up and hope others can contribute theirs too!
 
im thinking of a small reef setup again......... that frist fish make me wanna
 
Never saw one of those before. Is it in the family of boxfish?
 
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