Coral ID

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Can someone help me ID these two corals I got these a while ago and I just forgot what they were called here are the pics

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Either rhodactis or ricordia mushrooms, I believe.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Either rhodactis or ricordia mushrooms, I believe.

In the top picture I am not talking about the green mushroom I am talking about the little one which has a skeleton sorry for not specifying

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Anyone?

 

[MaxTremors]

For the top one, are you referring to the dead coral skeleton? Or the little green one? At first I assumed it was just a green mushroom, but looking closer, if it has a skeleton (I can’t tell) its most likely a Blastomussa wellsi. The bottom one looks like a Rhodactis inchoata.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Here is a updated pic of what I want identified

some kind of LPS

some kind of SPS

 

[Labridaedicted]

Top looks to be a blastomussa.

Bottom is either a Rhodactis or Hairy mushroom

 

[vetteguy53081]

Bottom looks like lepastrea
Top - little fuzzy to tell

 

[Labridaedicted]

The ID for the top is assuming it has a skeleton (I think you said it did)

 

[Labridaedicted]

If the bottom has a skeleton as well, it's probably a merulina.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Bottom is definitely a merulina but I still am not sure about the top one I will get a better pic of it

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Here is a updated pic of what I want identified

some kind of LPS

some kind of SPS

If the bottom pic is an "sps" my guess would be hydnophora, which is one of the many corals that are kind of in between the typical definitions of "SPS" and "LPS". It can be very aggressive, but it's a beautiful coral

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Bottom is definitely a merulina but I still am not sure about the top one I will get a better pic of it

Merulina and hydnophora are closely related, so very likely could be a meru... I have one that was sold to me as a hydno that looks just like your pic.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Side view of small one

Merulina and hydnophora are closely related, so very likely could be a meru... I have one that was sold to me as a hydno that looks just like your pic.

After I looked up hydnophora I think that is what it is

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Side view of small one

After I looked up hydnophora I think that is what it is

I'm not good at telling an acan from a blasto, etc. Seems like it's something in that general family though...

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

I'm not good at telling an acan from a blasto, etc. Seems like it's something in that general family though...

It looks more like a blasto than a scan I have a acan

 

[Duncan62]

For the top one, are you referring to the dead coral skeleton? Or the little green one? At first I assumed it was just a green mushroom, but looking closer, if it has a skeleton (I can’t tell) its most likely a Blastomussa wellsi. The bottom one looks like a Rhodactis inchoata.

There's a tiny kenya tree. It'll be a foot tall in 6 months. Lol

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

There's a tiny kenya tree. It'll be a foot tall in 6 months. Lol

(The rest of us scrolling back to the top to find the tree )

 

[MaxTremors]

Side view of small one

After I looked up hydnophora I think that is what it is

After seeing the side, it’s definitely a blasto. Some sort of Rhodactis (pretty sure inchoata) for the mushroom below it, and definitely hydnophora for the second photo.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

After seeing the side, it’s definitely a blasto. Some sort of Rhodactis (pretty sure inchoata) for the mushroom below it, and definitely hydnophora for the second photo.

So I looked closer and the “blasto” is most likely just some kind of tiny mushroom on a coral skeleton also it is very flat like a mushroom