Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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wentreefgirl
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Mr.pluto, id say hydno. I have one if you want to see pic.
wentreefgirl
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Oh careefere, that is hot. Dont know hwat it is though.
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gflat65,
Yes I agree that this does not resemble a A. turaki. The corallites are so discombobulated that it reminds me of a maricultured A. tortuosa. And the more I look at this the more it seems to resembles a tort.
Now the other looks like A. exquisita as they have more blunt corallites (like Octopus Suckers- great analogy) than A. gomezi or A. turaki for that matter.
I hope this helps you out.
Chris @ RM
Yes I agree that this does not resemble a A. turaki. The corallites are so discombobulated that it reminds me of a maricultured A. tortuosa. And the more I look at this the more it seems to resembles a tort.
Now the other looks like A. exquisita as they have more blunt corallites (like Octopus Suckers- great analogy) than A. gomezi or A. turaki for that matter.
I hope this helps you out.
Chris @ RM
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twon8,
Yes you are right in believing that this is not A. turaki. The corallites are too bulbous and too spread apart. My best guess is A. gomezi as they have corallites that seem to match this particular piece pretty well.
Chris @ RM
Yes you are right in believing that this is not A. turaki. The corallites are too bulbous and too spread apart. My best guess is A. gomezi as they have corallites that seem to match this particular piece pretty well.
Chris @ RM
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mr. pluto,
Most positively Porites and in my opinion it looks almost exactly like the one that I have been placing up as Monty's Homegrown on my Aquacultured page.
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD01107897.htm
I collected this piece over a year ago in Fiji and at first I thought it was a Montipora but then the polyps extended out a bit further than a Montipora and are too small for a Gonipora. And so that lead me to Porites cocosensis, as this species has a honeycomb corallite shape.
I love this coral. I actually lost it in my display tank (it fell behind some other corals and was actually flipped over. That scared the crap outta me! But amazingly enough it survived and is now doing quite well.
I hope this one does well for you as well!
Chris @ RM
Most positively Porites and in my opinion it looks almost exactly like the one that I have been placing up as Monty's Homegrown on my Aquacultured page.
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD01107897.htm
I collected this piece over a year ago in Fiji and at first I thought it was a Montipora but then the polyps extended out a bit further than a Montipora and are too small for a Gonipora. And so that lead me to Porites cocosensis, as this species has a honeycomb corallite shape.
I love this coral. I actually lost it in my display tank (it fell behind some other corals and was actually flipped over. That scared the crap outta me! But amazingly enough it survived and is now doing quite well.
I hope this one does well for you as well!
Chris @ RM
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wongkwp,
A few of these are a little tough to ID as they are so small but I will give it my best shot.
1) A. desalwii as they look like a A. plana but they have a bit thicker branches and larger corallites.
2) A. abrolhosensis as they are a stag with extremely fuzzy polyps.
3) Looks very similar to #1 and because I cannot differentiate between any other corals I am going to have to go with A. desalwii or A. plana or A. latistella. They are so similar that without any other photos I cannot tell the difference between them.
4) A. hyacinthus as it has a rosette formation of the corallites and the lower branches are fused.
5) A. cerealis as they resemble A. valida but the corallites are longer and more tubular.
Gorgeous pieces and I hope that they do well for you.
Chris @ RM
A few of these are a little tough to ID as they are so small but I will give it my best shot.
1) A. desalwii as they look like a A. plana but they have a bit thicker branches and larger corallites.
2) A. abrolhosensis as they are a stag with extremely fuzzy polyps.
3) Looks very similar to #1 and because I cannot differentiate between any other corals I am going to have to go with A. desalwii or A. plana or A. latistella. They are so similar that without any other photos I cannot tell the difference between them.
4) A. hyacinthus as it has a rosette formation of the corallites and the lower branches are fused.
5) A. cerealis as they resemble A. valida but the corallites are longer and more tubular.
Gorgeous pieces and I hope that they do well for you.
Chris @ RM
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CAreefer,
Stunning pieces!
1) A. selago as the corallites are not tubular and they cup back toward the branch.
2) A. vaughani, as I have had these in the past and they always have relatively tapered branches with small spaced apart corallites.
Chris @ RM
Stunning pieces!
1) A. selago as the corallites are not tubular and they cup back toward the branch.
2) A. vaughani, as I have had these in the past and they always have relatively tapered branches with small spaced apart corallites.
Chris @ RM
gflat65
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Thanks Chris. Both the first and second are maricultured, so I'll go with tortuosa
.Got the massive corals today and they look great
. Funny, but I was making what I thought were envelope sizes for the size listed and they are at least 50% bigger than I expected. We really appreciate the help.
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