New coral frags, can you i.d.?

[reptileguy112]

I went to your reef and aquarium depot today and ended up with a flame scallop (very pretty animal w/ great price), and 4 frags at $5 buy 3 get 1 free. I don't know what kind they are and there are so many corals that look the same to a new marine tank person so maybe some of you can help me i.d. these. I only posed the 3 because the polyp one is not full open so I will add it when it is.

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Thanx!

 

[kschweer]

1 looks like closed up zoas
2 is an Acropora
3 looks like a favia.

 

[ironman31]

1. Starburst
2. Birds nest acro
3. Favia

 

[reptileguy112]

Thanks! I will do some research on then to see whether they should be on a rock, near a power head, etc.

 

[GHill762]

1 star polyps (definitely not zoas because of the mat and the shape, likely green star polyps)

2 birdsnest (seriatopora not acropora)

3 lps likely favia

 

[reptileguy112]

What about the purple thing the polyps are on?

 

[GHill762]

What about the purple thing the polyps are on?

The "purple thing" is the base mat of the polyps, the polyps will open up from the knobby little tubes.

 

[GHill762]

What about the purple thing the polyps are on?

The "purple thing" is the base mat of the polyps, the polyps will open up from the knobby little tubes.

 

[reptileguy112]

Oh, ok.I didn't know polyps grew on little mats like that.