Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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pookstreet
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Chris, is this an undata or confusa? It has developed a purple edge and a neon green tint on the tuberculae (?). It's hard to see in the photos but really prominent in person. The purple edge is also much deeper in color. Thanks.
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bensonwu,
I concure with everyone that agrees with me
that this is a A. caroliniana. The tubular corallites are not long enough to be A. suharsonoi. The other identifier is that this particular colony has radial corallites whereas A. suharsonoi will be almost completely void of any.
Gorgeous piece as well.
Chris @ RM
I concure with everyone that agrees with me
that this is a A. caroliniana. The tubular corallites are not long enough to be A. suharsonoi. The other identifier is that this particular colony has radial corallites whereas A. suharsonoi will be almost completely void of any.Gorgeous piece as well.
Chris @ RM
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pookstreet,
Very good terminology , a reef geek like me loves to hear it! I believe that this is M. confusa as the tuberculae have arranged themselves into a triangular growth pattern and it also has the the blue rim.
I hope this helps you out. Very nice photos as well.
Chris @ RM
Very good terminology
, a reef geek like me loves to hear it! I believe that this is M. confusa as the tuberculae have arranged themselves into a triangular growth pattern and it also has the the blue rim.I hope this helps you out. Very nice photos as well.
Chris @ RM
pookstreet
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Thanks Chris, as usual. I had the chance to stop by your shop a couple of days ago but was told that I just missed ya. It would have been nice to meet you in person. Didn't walk away empty handed though. Picked up a stunning frag of M. turgescens 
Anyways, on to more ID's for ya. I know this is only a frag but this monti has insanely fast growth. Couldn't find the photo of the original colony, but the tuberculae (there goes that big word again) was much more pronounced than the frags, almost like a danae. It's got a beautiful blue base with bright green polyps.
This one has a nice sky blue base and the coralites are tan/brown. Fast grower. It looks amazingly like a frag of the Reeffarmers A. loisetteae "Steve Elias Stag" next to it, but then again, my A. loisetteae looks nothing like the photo on the Reeffarmers' website.
Is this M. capitata? It was sold to me as such. Had a tan body w/baby blue polyps for the longest time until about 2 months ago, when the body started turning a shade of green. Any ideas why?
I have since lost this colony in one of my work tanks due to a heat wave over the weekend, but would still like to know what I had. The actual piece wasn't as blue as the photo shows. It was taken under an Ushio 20K bulb.
Anyways, on to more ID's for ya. I know this is only a frag but this monti has insanely fast growth. Couldn't find the photo of the original colony, but the tuberculae (there goes that big word again
) was much more pronounced than the frags, almost like a danae. It's got a beautiful blue base with bright green polyps.
This one has a nice sky blue base and the coralites are tan/brown. Fast grower. It looks amazingly like a frag of the Reeffarmers A. loisetteae "Steve Elias Stag" next to it, but then again, my A. loisetteae looks nothing like the photo on the Reeffarmers' website.
Is this M. capitata? It was sold to me as such. Had a tan body w/baby blue polyps for the longest time until about 2 months ago, when the body started turning a shade of green. Any ideas why?
I have since lost this colony in one of my work tanks due to a heat wave over the weekend, but would still like to know what I had. The actual piece wasn't as blue as the photo shows. It was taken under an Ushio 20K bulb.
dilligaf_biker69
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How about this one?
dilligaf_biker69
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or this one?...look familiar?...got it on a frag pack
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Pookstreet,
I am sorry that I missed you as well, I have to run to so many different wholesalers I am sometimes hard to a hold of. Just an FYI but I am usually there on Tuesday and Friday afternoon and early evening. It looks as though the M. turgescens is holding its color well for you. I have had that particular Montipora for over a year now and they are so tough and colorful.
Now to try and ID your other corals...
The Green Polyp Monti is just to small for me to give a reasonable species name. I don't see any tuberculae at all, it looks smooth and because of that I am wary of labeling it.
From what I can see from this frag it looks to me like a A. loisetteae as well. The smooth edged corallites that are fairly spread apart and they have the long tapered branches which resembles A. loisetteae.
I also agree with the ID on the Montipora capitata. There really isn't a branching Monti that has as many and as defined rounded tuberculae as this one does.
The last one you have requested I believe is A. butanai. I have 2 in my display tanks that are almost identical to this.
Thanks again for coming by our warehouse. Give me a call sometime so that I can meet you there.
Chris @ RM
I am sorry that I missed you as well, I have to run to so many different wholesalers I am sometimes hard to a hold of. Just an FYI but I am usually there on Tuesday and Friday afternoon and early evening. It looks as though the M. turgescens is holding its color well for you. I have had that particular Montipora for over a year now and they are so tough and colorful.
Now to try and ID your other corals...
The Green Polyp Monti is just to small for me to give a reasonable species name. I don't see any tuberculae at all, it looks smooth and because of that I am wary of labeling it.
From what I can see from this frag it looks to me like a A. loisetteae as well. The smooth edged corallites that are fairly spread apart and they have the long tapered branches which resembles A. loisetteae.
I also agree with the ID on the Montipora capitata. There really isn't a branching Monti that has as many and as defined rounded tuberculae as this one does.
The last one you have requested I believe is A. butanai. I have 2 in my display tanks that are almost identical to this.
Thanks again for coming by our warehouse. Give me a call sometime so that I can meet you there.
Chris @ RM
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Undertai,
The one in front might be A. tortuosa but it could also be A. gomezi. The frag is so small I cannot make it out. As for the one behind it I cannot make anything from it. To blurry and small to tell.
#2 A. aculeas, bottlebrush species with corallites all over the place.
#3 Hard to say if this is A. lokani or not. It is just too small for me to give a proper identification.
#4 Looks to me like M. capitata, looks similar in shape to the one that Pookstreet posted just prior to your post.
Let those frags grow out and I will give it another shot.
Chris @ RM
The one in front might be A. tortuosa but it could also be A. gomezi. The frag is so small I cannot make it out. As for the one behind it I cannot make anything from it. To blurry and small to tell.
#2 A. aculeas, bottlebrush species with corallites all over the place.
#3 Hard to say if this is A. lokani or not. It is just too small for me to give a proper identification.
#4 Looks to me like M. capitata, looks similar in shape to the one that Pookstreet posted just prior to your post.
Let those frags grow out and I will give it another shot.
Chris @ RM
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Dilligaf,
#1 Is a tough one. For one thing I cannot see any size comparison. If you could zoom out I would appreciate it, that way I can see the overall shape and I can get a feel for how large the corallites are. Is there any way that you picked this up somewhere near you? If you did then I would believe this to be Montastrea annularis. If not it could be another species of Montastrea or possibly Diploastrea heliopora.
#2 The second post that you made I believe to be A. latistella, especially if you picked it up from us.
Post some more if you have any more that are bugging you .
Chris @ RM
#1 Is a tough one. For one thing I cannot see any size comparison. If you could zoom out I would appreciate it, that way I can see the overall shape and I can get a feel for how large the corallites are. Is there any way that you picked this up somewhere near you? If you did then I would believe this to be Montastrea annularis. If not it could be another species of Montastrea or possibly Diploastrea heliopora.
#2 The second post that you made I believe to be A. latistella, especially if you picked it up from us.
Post some more if you have any more that are bugging you
.Chris @ RM
dilligaf_biker69
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pic of whole colony....kind of greenish between polyps and pinkish on polyps
Thanks
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wentreefgirl
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Anytime.
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Mr. pluto,
What gorgeous coral have there. The first I do agree is an A. insignis. It looks as though you have it in a higher flow area as the growth seems to have thicker branches that what I normally see.
The second quite possible be A. loisettaea but this looks very similar to the staghorn that Clkwrk posted on page 11, which I believe is A. formosa. Does this Stag slime copiously when fragged or distrurbed? If so then it is probably A. formosa.
I am sorry that I took my time getting back to you all. I was away for the weekend.
Throw some more at me, let's keep this going.
Chris @ RM
What gorgeous coral have there. The first I do agree is an A. insignis. It looks as though you have it in a higher flow area as the growth seems to have thicker branches that what I normally see.
The second quite possible be A. loisettaea but this looks very similar to the staghorn that Clkwrk posted on page 11, which I believe is A. formosa. Does this Stag slime copiously when fragged or distrurbed? If so then it is probably A. formosa.
I am sorry that I took my time getting back to you all. I was away for the weekend.
Throw some more at me, let's keep this going.
Chris @ RM
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dilligaf_biker69,
Thank you for the full size photo. From what I can see I believe that it is Diploastrea heliopora. I have seen heads of Diploastrea that are 40 feet in diameter in Fiji and they actually get much larger than that.
Pretty much a bullet proof coral, enjoy it and maybe in a hundred years or so it might out grow your reef .
Chris @ RM
Thank you for the full size photo. From what I can see I believe that it is Diploastrea heliopora. I have seen heads of Diploastrea that are 40 feet in diameter in Fiji and they actually get much larger than that.
Pretty much a bullet proof coral, enjoy it and maybe in a hundred years or so it might out grow your reef
. Chris @ RM
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