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09/20/2015, 09:33 AM
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Coral Identification
Hi everyone! I have a size 14 BioCube that is slowly becoming a reef tank (mushrooms, star polyps, Xenia, that sort of thing) and I recently went to get some more drags from my LFS. I was told that the purple coral in the picture below was a encrusting montipora, but I have a red encrusting coral in my tank which is doing quite well which I was also told is an encrusting montipora. The red has extending polyps, while the purple does not. If anyone knows what they are then please tell me, thank you!!!
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09/20/2015, 09:39 AM
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Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300 |
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09/20/2015, 09:46 AM
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sorry, working on it. Computers....
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09/20/2015, 09:48 AM
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09/20/2015, 10:07 AM
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The purple one might be a Porites instead of a Montipora.
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09/20/2015, 10:26 AM
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So the red one is a montipora? And would the porites care be significantly different from montipora?
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09/20/2015, 10:46 AM
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The red one looks like a Montipora IMO. Possibly Capricornis, but there are a lot of different types of Montiporas though. Capricornis, Undata, Digitata, Spongodes etc. There's a lot of different types of Porites as well. While they may look similar in appearance, they're totally different corals altogether. That purple one may be a Montipora, but a Porites just came to mind first.
Maybe somebody else with more experience with these types of corals will chime in here soon. |
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09/20/2015, 12:28 PM
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Okay, thanks! And I can't find any porites types matching mine online so if anyone else has any idea...
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09/20/2015, 12:31 PM
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Porites solida? The color might not be there, but the skeleton sure does looks similar.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...mp=yhs-att_001 |
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09/21/2015, 10:59 AM
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The skeleton is definitely similar, what I just don't understand is why this hard to identify (hard to find???) coral was in the frag tank at my LFS... I'll try and ask someone more knowledgable when I go back.
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09/21/2015, 11:34 AM
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Yeah, sometimes things like this just happen. I usually go to the same fish stores each week and everything is pretty identifiable, but every now & then they'll get an odd ball in and I'll have to hit the books.
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09/24/2015, 09:31 AM
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Can anyone else identify this as a porites?
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10/02/2015, 09:27 AM
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Bump?
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10/02/2015, 09:47 AM
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Why don't you go post this in the SPS forum might get some answers. This is the newbie forum those guys don't visit here
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Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300 |
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10/04/2015, 08:38 PM
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Good point, thank you!
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