Bay Area Reefers

Based on the pictures I'm seeing and the parent skeleton size (extrapolated from the wedge we acquired), I'd say we're looking at dinner plate plus size adults.

Very cool looking, I never see how fungia propagate before. Dinner plate plus size , I have to pass on this one (not enough real estate :-[).

So is each one of those little guys on the wedge a baby?

Wonder how fast they grow.

Yup, and supposedly the skeleton can pop off quite a few babies so I'll keep that for the BAR Prop Program in case it has more to give us.

I wasn't trying to scare anyone off by mentioning the adult size of this coral but that's what we must consider in our stocking, the adult sizes of animals.

Also, it'll probably need a sandbed.

I've seen young fungia danai grow 1-2" in diameter per year easily. Most people don't realize that fungiids can/should be target fed w/ large meaty foods. But this makes sense if you consider that the whole animal is one big polyp.
I'm feeding my tank 4-5x/week w/ lots of mysis, Arctipods, rotifers, and phyto feast live. I'm also changing about 30 gallons twice a week to keep up with the feeding and I skim heavily as well. Also, I change 1.5 cups of Black Diamond carbon weekly and clean my skimmer weekly.

This is a good time to thank Gresham and Reef Nutrition for producing some really excellent reef food and sponsoring the feeding of this tank.
Also thanks to Steve and New Alameda Aquatics for sponsoring the salt mix for this little endeavor.
And of course, Scott and Truvu for producing an excellent tank for my project.
This tank will be written up in future issues of my magazine and also on this site in the DIY forum.

Did you really say that

Looks sweeeeeeeeet

Yup, and for that reason, I probably will be passing on this animal, even though it's my current fave. Also, based on the Cebu pic link, it is lagoonal and while it would love my feeding regimen, it would probably hate my dedicated high level flow across the bare bottom.
I'm not actually anti sandbed, I think they can be used effectively if understood. I just never developed that understanding myself.

I have never really done much with hard corals, but this looks an ok one.  Looking in Julian Sprungs Quick ref it needs moderate to high lighting, pretty good flow and is reasonably hardy.

Thanks Dave, the more we all find out about these corals in advance, the better chance they have overall.