new coral ID please

Paul 666 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 9:39 am

i was baught this and they were told it was a spiny brain coral could you give me a pos ID plz

sorry about the bad pics

Paul 666 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 9:44 am

also where abouts in the aquarium will i need to be? on the rocks high up of low on the sand its under 150w halides so any help would be great

deb&wayne · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 9:50 am

Branching lobo I think

reefreak33 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 12:27 pm

Yep it is a lobophyllia, medium to high light and medium current. lovely coral.

killi · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 6:56 pm

has above ,but IMO its a deep water lobophyllia so i would place from middle to bottom ,depending on lights used ,,,,pete

cdurkin100 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 7:04 pm

I always have my lobo's on the sand bed or close to the bottom as pete suggested.

Paul 666 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 9:16 pm

ill move it down abit in the morning

WILLIAM@H2OCORALS · **Joined:** February 13th, 2010, 10:48 pm **Posts:** 150

defo a lobophyllia and to be honest i have 3 and there is no rule as to where to put them as all seem happy as does yours.

Paul 666 · **Posted:** July 30th, 2010, 11:49 pm

s was it worth th £30 i paid then its about the size of a large fist in size [032.gif]

killi · **Posted:** July 31st, 2010, 1:06 am

Paul 666 wrote:

s was it worth th £30 i paid then its about the size of a large fist in size [032.gif]

yes thats a good price for one that size ,,,,pete