Name that coral

[David Nguyen]

Hi guys,
I bought some beginning corals about a month and a half ago and forgot what I bought. Can I get some help on identifying them?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Steve, Larry, and Jim

But on a serious note
1st Picture i Believe to be a mushroom, either yuma or richordea
2nd picture looks like favia
3rd picture is either a torch coral or a long tentacle hammer reaching for light.

I may be wrong...

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

1. Yuma or Florida Ricordea Mushroom (leaning towards Florida)
2. Looks like a favites of some sort, not sure though
3. Branching Hammer Euphyllia

 

[David Nguyen]

Steve, Larry, and Jim

But on a serious note
1st Picture i Believe to be a mushroom, either yuma or richordea
2nd picture looks like favia
3rd picture is either a torch coral or a long tentacle hammer reaching for light.

I may be wrong...

Thank you! Do you have a Kessil light schedule that you can share with me?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thank you! Do you have a Kessil light schedule that you can share with me?

Absolutely!

I have the AP700
Lights come on at 10AM at 10% intensity and Ocean Blue
Ramp up to 11AM to 20% intensity and the next blue over from Ocean Blue
Then at 1PM ramps up to %50 intensity to the third color over from Ocean Blue
5PM still at %50 intensity third from ocean blue
7PM ramps down to 20% intensity second from ocean blue
8PM 0% intensity (lights off)
I have some cloud cover and storms thrown in there randomly.
I have my AP700 6 1/2ish inches off the waters surface.

 

[atx100r]

Can anyone tell me what coral this is.

 

[iemsparticus]

Hi guys,
I bought some beginning corals about a month and a half ago and forgot what I bought. Can I get some help on identifying them?

I’m assuming the second one is red and green? In which case it’s a War Coral.

 

[David Nguyen]

I’m assuming the second one is red and green? In which case it’s a War Coral.

It's purple and green.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Can anyone tell me what coral this is.

Dendrophyllia sp.

 

[DSC reef]

It's purple and green.

It a favites. The previous ID's are correct.

 

[iemsparticus]

It a favites. The previous ID's are correct.

Agreed that it’s obviously a favia/favites... War Coral is more specific than favia/favites... if indeed it was one.

 

[DSC reef]

Agreed that it’s obviously a favia/favites... War Coral is more specific than favia/favites... if indeed it was one.

Favites pentagona if you want to be rude and sarcastic and yes it is one. It's only reefing man. No one said your wrong. Lol. Obviously...

 

[iemsparticus]

Favites pentagona if you want to be rude and sarcastic and yes it is one. It's only reefing man. No one said your wrong. Lol. Obviously...

Think you took my statement in a way I didn’t mean.

 

[DSC reef]

Think you took my statement in a way I didn’t mean.

In that case, I apologize. Sometimes it's hard to decipher text. I was like, wait...i was agreeing with him? Lol. No worries.

 

[CanadianReefer]

The first one is a Florida ricordia. Hard to tell the 2nd one's colour, but if it's purple and green, it's likely a dragon soul favia. The 3rd is a branching hammer.

 

[atx100r]

Any input on these 2

 

[atx100r]

Any input on these 2

I was thinking the 2nd was some kind of zoa but it's taller than most I have seen

 

[CanadianReefer]

I was thinking the 2nd was some kind of zoa but it's taller than most I have seen

They are both zoathid or palythoa. They grow taller the further down they are in the aquarium - seeking a bit more light is the likely cause for that

 

[iemsparticus]

I was thinking the 2nd was some kind of zoa but it's taller than most I have seen

They are zoanthids... they reach up like that sometimes, and not always for light. They look like Cat’s Eyes or something, but colors are very difficult under all those blues.

 

[LbulletM]

The first one is a Florida ricordia. Hard to tell the 2nd one's colour, but if it's purple and green, it's likely a dragon soul favia. The 3rd is a branching hammer.

I think Dragon Souls are usually larger and have some yellow mixed in with the purple.