Coral IDs

[darkcirca]

I purchased a few corals a few weeks ago, but I can't remember the names! I'm almost positive they are SPS, and I remember one being an Orange Digi.

Pictures:
#1-This one is actually pinkish in color, sorry my camera flash drowns the color.

#2-Greenish in color, seems to tint different shades as you move around the tank.

#3-I believe this is the orange digi

This one I have no idea SPS/LPS/whatever, but I'm going to put it in in case someone can help.
#4-This was on my mushroom rock awhile back and has grown. It has a soft jelly top feeling.

 

[Kolognekoral]

#1 looks like A. millipora, but one can't be certain until it developes.
#2 is too young to be sure. It is a staghorn Acropora, but quite a few species resemble this as frag.
#3 is your Orange Montipora digitata.
#4 could be an Acanthastrea, but is too small to be certain.

Hope this helps a bit.. Maybe some of the names ring a bell.

 

[darkcirca]

The A. millipora is one of the ones I was looking for, I remember that name. I have no idea on 2, I can't remember that one at all.

As for 4, that thing has been in my tank for almost a year now, and we never knew what it was. It just started growing more, so I cut it off the rock it was on and moved it up higher.

 

[darkcirca]

I forgot to mention, #4 has tentacle things that come out at night.

 

[-=Efrain=-]

Acans put out tentacles at night to feed.. Really cool looking when you have a nice cluster of them.

 

[Kolognekoral]

Tentacle expansion, especially at night, is typical for most Acanthastrea species. I'm surprised that is has remain a single polyp for a year, though. This may be a Scolymia or other single polyp coral. Do you know where the rock came from?

 

[darkcirca]

Personally I have no idea where the rock is from. On the rock was green mushrooms and brown button polyps. This is really the only picture I have of the rock, as I had hidden it to hopefully rid it of the evil button polyps.

It has a thicker center with thinner areas branching off it, with a lot of ridges.

 

[Kolognekoral]

OK, your rock looks like a Pectinia skeleton, which means it is from the Pacific, not the Atlantic. Scolymia are often found on Caribean LR. The chances are pretty good you have a small Acanthastrea. They like good light, but not too high. It should start sprouting daughter polyps. Try to take pictures of its developement. It would make an interesting documentation.

 

[darkcirca]

Thanks for the info. I placed it midway up in my tank, as before it was on the ground in some shade (as I wanted the mushroom to grow). It was a reddish color in the beginning and has gradually turned to green.

I've got the Aquactinic's 5x54W T5 lighting, so I'm hoping that half way up is okay, I can always move it if someone suggests to.

I'll make sure to watch it and take pictures. This is a good excuse to work on my photography with the tank and get more use out of my D50.

 

[Kolognekoral]

Sounds good. I wouldn't put it higher. Always go slow with such changes in environment.

Sometime, post some shot of your lizards. I used to keep them, especially geckos and baselisks, when I lived in Florida. Had a gecko that lived free in the apartment hunting palmetos, etc.

 

[darkcirca]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11846684#post11846684 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kolognekoral
Sounds good. I wouldn't put it higher. Always go slow with such changes in environment.

Sometime, post some shot of your lizards. I used to keep them, especially geckos and baselisks, when I lived in Florida. Had a gecko that lived free in the apartment hunting palmetos, etc.

My little red house links to the forum we run on reptiles, which has a lot listed, but I'll put a few in here:

Lili(yellow)/Uno

The hatchling Tokay

Sticky (outside)/Stuck-O (inside)

There's a few (5/11)...not all are updated pictures, but I just pulled a few things off the web I had already up. I'm lazy and don't want to deal with taking more pictures, feeding all of them is already enough!

The coral seems to be a lot happier now that it is higher up, and I see two little center dot things on it, close to each other. I'll be watching it over time though, seeing what changes. It has grown a lot since we first got the coral. Originally it was a tiny little thing, not sure how to describe the size, but even smaller than a dime. It's bigger than a quarter now though.