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jong101 · 05/08/2007, 10:16 PM

ok, so i got some free coral from someone who was taking down there reef. The tank was decently maintained but i believe this person was greatly missinfromed. They told me that the first of these three was tree coral, and from looking at other pics, i dont believe it is. i am hoping i can get a little help.

Thanks,
Jon

1) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../treecoral.jpg

2) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...disded/i-1.jpg

3) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...rldisded/i.jpg

I think 2 is orange button polyps.

Ebmorri · 05/08/2007, 10:20 PM

1) Kenya Tree
2) Zoa of Polyp of some kind
3) Xenia

jong101 · 05/08/2007, 10:23 PM

thanks.

Ebmorri · 05/08/2007, 10:25 PM

All pretty easy corals that most start with. On 3 do they open adn close, like they are pulsing or do they retract at night? It could be Pink Star Polyps hard for me to see the base.

drummereef · 05/08/2007, 10:57 PM

Looks like Anthelia in the 3rd pic to me. The other two ID's are correct, kenya tree and zoas. Nice healthy looking specimens there, jong.

Frick-n-Frags · 05/09/2007, 04:47 AM

third one looks like encrusting gorg or Anthelia. does it have a purple mat or pink stolons?

jong101 · 05/09/2007, 07:04 AM

yea, the last one does pulse

hmello@bermexin · 05/09/2007, 07:10 AM

Agree with ebmorri.

Whisperer · 05/09/2007, 07:41 AM

#2 looks like a palythoa, agree with star polyps

Travis L. Stevens · 05/09/2007, 08:35 AM

1) Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.)
2) Button Polyps (Protopalythoa sp.)
3) A stressed/unhealthy Pom Pom Xenia (Xenia umbellata)

Amphiprion · 05/09/2007, 09:08 AM

#3 can't be any sort of Xeniid, because each polyp, if you look closely, has a calyx beneath it (sort of a "tube"). That means that it must be some sort of stoloniferan related to clove polyps. #2 is a zoanthid of some sort or another.
#1 is a Neptheid--too difficult to narrow down to one genus or another without more details.

Travis L. Stevens · 05/09/2007, 12:13 PM

For #1, you can aggrevate it and cause it to close up. If you feel the surface of the coral and it is rough, than it is a Capnella. If it is smooth, then it is Nepthea. This is because the Capnella has more exposed spicules.

For #3, I really don't see calyx, sorry. On the other hand, I've seen various Xennidae in degrading health that look identical to this.

Amphiprion · 05/10/2007, 11:06 PM

I have encircled one of the calyces. I have looked at so many clove polyp specimens, it has become second nature picking them out by looking for calyces.

The only Xeniid it could remotely be would be some species of Anthelia. All Xenia spp. have discrete stalks that multiple polyps arise from.

magdelan · 05/11/2007, 12:51 AM

I agree that #3 is NOT xenia. Looks more like anthellia.

05/08/2007, 10:57 PM	#5
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Looks like Anthelia in the 3rd pic to me. The other two ID's are correct, kenya tree and zoas. Nice healthy looking specimens there, jong. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system Last edited by drummereef; 05/08/2007 at 11:09 PM.

05/09/2007, 04:47 AM	#6
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	third one looks like encrusting gorg or Anthelia. does it have a purple mat or pink stolons? __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

05/09/2007, 07:04 AM	#7
jong101 user Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: huntington, ny Posts: 379	yea, the last one does pulse __________________ Jon G. Current Tank Info: 144 half circle, 40g sump, 2x250 lumen brite's, np biopellets. 20x20x9.5 frag tank w/ dual 1" overflows

05/09/2007, 07:10 AM	#8
hmello@bermexin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205	Agree with ebmorri. __________________ Henry Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known. Current Tank Info: 29g BioCube, AI SOL 12" Super Blue

05/09/2007, 07:41 AM	#9
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	#2 looks like a palythoa, agree with star polyps __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

05/08/2007, 10:16 PM	#1
jong101 user Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: huntington, ny Posts: 379	I.d. ok, so i got some free coral from someone who was taking down there reef. The tank was decently maintained but i believe this person was greatly missinfromed. They told me that the first of these three was tree coral, and from looking at other pics, i dont believe it is. i am hoping i can get a little help. Thanks, Jon 1) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../treecoral.jpg 2) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...disded/i-1.jpg 3) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...rldisded/i.jpg I think 2 is orange button polyps.

05/08/2007, 10:20 PM	#2
Ebmorri Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 662	1) Kenya Tree 2) Zoa of Polyp of some kind 3) Xenia

05/08/2007, 10:23 PM	#3
jong101 user Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: huntington, ny Posts: 379	thanks. __________________ Jon G. Current Tank Info: 144 half circle, 40g sump, 2x250 lumen brite's, np biopellets. 20x20x9.5 frag tank w/ dual 1" overflows

05/08/2007, 10:25 PM	#4
Ebmorri Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 662	All pretty easy corals that most start with. On 3 do they open adn close, like they are pulsing or do they retract at night? It could be Pink Star Polyps hard for me to see the base.

05/09/2007, 08:35 AM	#10
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	1) Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.) 2) Button Polyps (Protopalythoa sp.) 3) A stressed/unhealthy Pom Pom Xenia (Xenia umbellata) __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

05/09/2007, 09:08 AM	#11
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	#3 can't be any sort of Xeniid, because each polyp, if you look closely, has a calyx beneath it (sort of a "tube"). That means that it must be some sort of stoloniferan related to clove polyps. #2 is a zoanthid of some sort or another. #1 is a Neptheid--too difficult to narrow down to one genus or another without more details. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

05/09/2007, 12:13 PM	#12
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	For #1, you can aggrevate it and cause it to close up. If you feel the surface of the coral and it is rough, than it is a Capnella. If it is smooth, then it is Nepthea. This is because the Capnella has more exposed spicules. For #3, I really don't see calyx, sorry. On the other hand, I've seen various Xennidae in degrading health that look identical to this. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

05/10/2007, 11:06 PM	#13
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	I have encircled one of the calyces. I have looked at so many clove polyp specimens, it has become second nature picking them out by looking for calyces. The only Xeniid it could remotely be would be some species of Anthelia. All Xenia spp. have discrete stalks that multiple polyps arise from. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

05/11/2007, 12:51 AM	#14
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,785	I agree that #3 is NOT xenia. Looks more like anthellia. __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."