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10/01/2009, 07:26 PM
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Coral ID
i am new to reef keeping and was hoping someone might be able to ID these three corals for me.
  
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10/02/2009, 01:33 AM
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Anyone got any idea? I have been trying to id them from photos online but so many different things look similiar.
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10/02/2009, 01:42 AM
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1st and 3rd pics are favites of one sort of another
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10/02/2009, 04:46 AM
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The second appears to be a chalice.
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10/02/2009, 10:28 AM
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Thanks guys. Regarding the second one are there types of chalice that don't have the classic "eye" that is seen in most? I have also never seen sweeper tentacles from this coral like the ones that my other chalice sends out nightly.
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10/02/2009, 10:31 AM
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Its hard to tell in the photo but the second coral is a cap of some type. It is very thin like a monti cap and is attached to the rock in one small place.
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10/02/2009, 02:02 PM
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IMO, it’s going to be hard to get a definite ID on #2. Possibly Echinopora lamellose. The corallites on #3 lead me to think it is possibly a Diploastrea.
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