Identify Please

dvbrien · Jan 26, 2019

I am assuming this is an SPS, But I am looking to identify its type and name. Brownish purple, it will send out some long sweepers in search for food. Usually its pretty furry.

The other is a birds net... Maybe hard to see in the picture but the flesh it a faded neon green, polyps are purple, Tips are white unlike Birds of Paradise.
Also would like to identify its name...

Fishfinder · Jan 26, 2019

It looks like it might be a hydnophora

DSC reef · Jan 26, 2019

1,3- leptoseris
2,4- seriatopora hystix (birdsnest)

ndrwater · Jan 26, 2019

Actually thinking #1 might be Pavona. I have some in my small tank. Looks just like it

Hemmdog · Jan 26, 2019

+1 for pavona

DSC reef · Jan 26, 2019

ndrwater said:
Actually thinking #1 might be Pavona. I have some in my small tank. Looks just like it

Technically were both right.

I agree, I'd call it pavona.

https://reefs.com/2017/06/14/pavona-leptoseris-dang-coral/

ndrwater · Jan 26, 2019

Link doesn't work unfortunately

DSC reef · Jan 26, 2019

ndrwater said:
Link doesn't work unfortunately

I just noticed. Pavona has a more hairy appearance than leptoseris but both of the family agariciidae. I get them mixed up a lot, lol

dvbrien · Jan 26, 2019

Thank You Guys.. So are these 2 other types of Pavona? top left never looks like the bottom right and neither of them ever get hairy like the puple colored coral.

dvbrien · Jan 26, 2019

couple other pictures of them.

DSC reef · Jan 26, 2019

Those look like leptoseris. Both require same care. Low to medium light, low to medium indirect flow.

29bonsaireef · Jan 26, 2019

dvbrien said:
couple other pictures of them.

Looks like potato chip coral. Think it is some type of Pavona as well.

Softhammer · Jan 27, 2019

100% it’s a pavona decusatta. Make sure you really really like that coral. They grow crazy fast and have become invasive and destructive in my tank. They can send sweepers up to 6 inches and will sting almost anything and win. They’re cool at first but be forewarned.