A couple of ID's please?

[macperry]

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Thanks everyone.

 

[lvreefer]

The first one is possibly a Trachyphyllia geoffroyi.
The second one is possibly Lobophyllia hemprichii. When it closes does it have protruding skeletal spikes? If it does then it could be a Scolymia vitiensis

 

[macperry]

Ivreefer: Thank you very much for the ID's. The Lobophyllia deflates a bit at night, but never truly closes. If I look closely at night, all I can really see is a bit more of the skeleton which is visible in the lower left portion of my picture. Do they seem to be happy? Is there anything special I should be doing for them? Thanks again...Perry

 

[macperry]

Here is a pic right after feeding some Cyclop-Eeze:

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[raoul]

That second one looks a lot like scolymia. It's funny, Santa got us one for Christmas Looks like we're getting the same corals again! It looks good I think, but I'm new at this type. They can eat slightly bigger pieces of food too, like small pieces of shrimp.

 

[macperry]

raoul: I think it might be one of these......http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2003/invert10.htm

How is yours doing? Lets see some pics...)

 

[raoul]

Ours seems to be doing fine, it reminds me of Jabba the Hut, so we refer to it as Jabba It seems to always have its feeders out, and I'm not sure if that's normal or not. It seems to be a very slow eater though.
I figured out how to post pics, so I'll see if I can get some of Jabba up soon!

 

[raoul]

Now the I've picked up the kids and dinner's started, I thought I'd post a pic of Jabba

(click on the picture for a bigger view)

 

[macperry]

raoul: looks like i have "son of Jabba".....nice tank and pics BTW! Just my 2 cents....but if you want to post larger pics with direct links from your posts....go check out photobucket.com

 

[raoul]

Saltbucket is done by one of the guys in our local group and I like to support them - just one of my quirks I guess - I usually root for the underdog

I can post pics here directly (without needing to click on the pic for bigger pic) but they're just too big for my tastes. I don't like it when I have to go side to side to read the text. I'll do it, but I don't like it I'm still trying to figure it all out, I think when I work with it more I'll be able to figure out how to post pics that aren't so big, but until then, I figured I'd be nice to myself and post the thumbnails

Thanks for the compliments on the tank and pics - I appreciate them!

 

[raoul]

Oh yeah, the tank shot on the 30, we've been moving things out of there into the 75 slowly. Soon the trach brain will also be in the 75. We just added the overflow box (and a sump) about a month ago. Once we move all the things we're going to move, we're going to build up the rock better and probably add more zoanthids. It will be mainly a clown/nem tank, but I want some color in there too.

 

[porky]

I am sure the first one is Trachyphyllia geoffroyi.
The second one is possibly Lobophyllia hemprichii or maybe Scolymia vitiensis; based on the 2nd pic I'm leaning toward Scolymia.
Here is one my favorites w/one of my cool cukes.

 

[raoul]

That's a beautiful scolymia!