anybody got an idea what these are

[saltwaterfishlover]

picked these up for $35 look nice getting nicer but what are they?
blasto, acan, lps? LOL
thanks
andy

 

[cubano2480]

they look like sun polyps or cup corals not blastos or acan good look whatever they are looks nice ...

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

thanks for the ideas.... I dont think they are sun polyps I have them...but maybe the others?

 

[Ludwigia73]

If I'm not mistaken, those look alot like trumpet or candy canes. Hard to tell, but the skeleton may not be as lanky as those. Can you turn one over and photograph the underside?

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

they are attached to the rock you see them on I really dont think they are trumpets either I have some blue trumpets in my other tank and they are definately different these almost seem encrusting lps ish

 

[Ludwigia73]

Then you stumped the chump... LOL

 

[dragonladylea]

Looks like a Micromusa maybe.

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

I think we may have a winner

 

[dragonladylea]

Okay so I win dibs on the first frag right?? LOL!! Those are really sweet!

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

thos edont look like micromussas to me. but then again i havent seen any offered locally for a long time. nice find either way andy. lmk when u want to frag em ill give em a good home and put some moey in ur pocket lol

 

[ZURCSREEF]

They are orange cup corals, with the clear polyps. I think Dania Reef Life had some of those.

 

[ZURCSREEF]

They colonize just like orange cup/sun corals and they look very similar to these:

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=152

http://www.divebums.com/FishID/Pages/cupcoral.html

http://www.aquahobby.com/corals/e_tubastraea_sun.php

I am about 99.9% positive they are orange cup/sun corals...

 

[dragonladylea]

I am convinced they are micromusa. I saw some that a fellow reefer has on a different site. Also I have the orange cup coral in my tank and these are not orange cup - orange cup are more closely related to the anemone if I remember correctly.

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

I dont think they are sun/cup unless I have a new breed.... 2 tone green and green orange/red are definately not sun coral will try for a better pic

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

same thing just with and without flash

 

[cubano2480]

wow if that`s` the same coral yes Micromusa or acan lord ..how big are the polyps????

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

the polyps are between 1/4" and 3/8" in diameter....going to be pretty nice once they get colored up better

 

[ZURCSREEF]

wow, that definately does not look like the same coral in the first picture... they look like acan lords like cubano said or micromussa.... those two extra pics look nothing like the first...

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

acans all the wya andy. still even if they were nto anything speacial they would still be nice