Help with coral ID :)

azcrazy · 12/20/2015, 12:07 AM

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azcrazy · 12/21/2015, 11:25 AM

no one?

Pet Detective · 12/21/2015, 11:40 AM

1. looks like Caulastrea (candy cane) 2.looks like Trachyphillia (brain)3.Gonipra 4.Hydnophora 5.looks like a Chalice if it's hard or hairy mushroom if it's soft or even plating Montipora, can't be sure 6.looks like Pavona

azcrazy · 12/21/2015, 11:49 AM

I bought 1,2,3,4 got 5,6 and GSP for free

Thank you

C.Eymann · 12/21/2015, 11:58 AM

1. looks like a retracted Goniopora ? (size reference?)

2. platygyra brain frag

3. size reference? Can't tell, could be a close up of a encrusting monti?

4 Sinularia

5. Montipora capricornis

6.leptoseris

Pet Detective · 12/21/2015, 12:08 PM

is number 4 a soft coral? if so it's Green Sinularia

C.Eymann · 12/21/2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Pet Detective

is number 4 a soft coral? if so it's Green Sinularia

yeah it looked soft to me.

Would help with #1 and #3 if OP would give a size reference.

Almost positive #1 isn't caulastrea, i think its a close up of a much smaller coral.

azcrazy · 12/21/2015, 12:21 PM

the blue thing in the bottom is the size of a half of dollar coin

so i could say 1-1 1/4

Pet Detective · 12/21/2015, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by C.Eymann

yeah it looked soft to me.

Would help with #1 and #3 if OP would give a size reference.

Almost positive #1 isn't caulastrea, i think its a close up of a much smaller coral.

Yeah, obviously we can't tell if #1 has skeletal polyps or soft, but they look too far apart to be Gonipora to me, #3 looked like a retracted Gonipora but you may be right about the closeness of the picture.

azcrazy · 12/21/2015, 12:35 PM

#1 is soft and it is retracted in that pic
and all the frags are about the same size except the two plate looking ones

C.Eymann · 12/21/2015, 12:58 PM

Ill stick with #1 being goniopora and #3 being a encrusting montipora or could even be a porites.

azcrazy · 12/21/2015, 01:02 PM

Thanks

TangingOut · 12/21/2015, 02:42 PM

1. Goniopora
2. Platygyra
3. Alveopora
4. Sinularia
5. Monti cap
6. Leptoseris

Go.Fish · 12/21/2015, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TangingOut

1. Goniopora
2. Platygyra
3. Alveopora
4. Sinularia
5. Monti cap
6. Leptoseris

I was gonna say most of these... Wasn't sure about pic #1

12/21/2015, 11:58 AM	#5
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	1. looks like a retracted Goniopora ? (size reference?) 2. platygyra brain frag 3. size reference? Can't tell, could be a close up of a encrusting monti? 4 Sinularia 5. Montipora capricornis 6.leptoseris __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works Last edited by C.Eymann; 12/21/2015 at 12:09 PM.

12/21/2015, 12:58 PM	#11
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	Ill stick with #1 being goniopora and #3 being a encrusting montipora or could even be a porites. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

12/20/2015, 12:07 AM	#1
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	Help with coral ID :) 1 2 3 4 5 6

12/21/2015, 11:25 AM	#2
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	no one?

12/21/2015, 11:40 AM	#3
Pet Detective Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 328	1. looks like Caulastrea (candy cane) 2.looks like Trachyphillia (brain)3.Gonipra 4.Hydnophora 5.looks like a Chalice if it's hard or hairy mushroom if it's soft or even plating Montipora, can't be sure 6.looks like Pavona

12/21/2015, 11:49 AM	#4
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	I bought 1,2,3,4 got 5,6 and GSP for free Thank you

12/21/2015, 12:08 PM	#6
Pet Detective Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 328	is number 4 a soft coral? if so it's Green Sinularia

12/21/2015, 12:21 PM	#8
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	the blue thing in the bottom is the size of a half of dollar coin so i could say 1-1 1/4

12/21/2015, 12:35 PM	#10
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	#1 is soft and it is retracted in that pic and all the frags are about the same size except the two plate looking ones

12/21/2015, 01:02 PM	#12
azcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WA Posts: 205	Thanks

12/21/2015, 02:42 PM	#13
TangingOut Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,511	1. Goniopora 2. Platygyra 3. Alveopora 4. Sinularia 5. Monti cap 6. Leptoseris