Dendrophyllia Sp. IDs

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there seems to be several different species of this LPS that are making there way into this hobby............. here are several obvious variants............. please share your experiences......
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I love these guys, they eat, open during the day, eat more. I love the red one in the middle...niiiice. I can't wait to see the red open up, I bet it is a beauty.:D
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first one to the left looks like a

dendrophyllia coarctata

second one could be either dendrophyllia arbuscula or balanophyllia ponderosa or just a tubastrea sp. (common sun coral) can you post a picture with its tentacles ?

the last one is the only other one that has been offered, which is very new and not common in the hobby, i believe its dendrohpyllia coccinea.
 
i like my dendro also they comeout during the day like jen mentioned

i like my dendro also they comeout during the day like jen mentioned

i use to have sun coral and it only came out in the night and i woudl hate it becasue its one of the most beautiful corals out there.
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clownfishcrazy sorry those are sun coral. Dendros are much bigger. I will try to get a pic to compare the two for you.
 
clownfishcrazy- did you buy them from a lfs? I think those a just really big tubestrea. The dendros are easily as big around as your finger/thumb on the trunk, so I don't think those are the ones
 
Here's one fully open......... note the size of the hermit crab shell on the bottom right............
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