Help confirm my coral ID

karimwassef

karimwassef

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These aren't all SPS, but I'd appreciate helping on all?
All the images are under MH only - no blue or UV.

1. Purple Stylophora (Purple Milka?)
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2. Pink and Green Pocillopora (Fused)
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3. Green tipped Gold Stylophora
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4. Purple tipped Brown Montipora Digitata
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5. Encrusting Purple Montipora Peltiformis
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more to come... please correct my identification if I get it wrong.
 
I think what you labelled as "Stylophora" is a birds nest Seriatopora Hystrix, maybe in lower flow, giving it more rounded tips instead of sharp tips?

And the M. Peltiformis sorta like M. Danae to me because of the lack of nodules, but it's really hard to tell between encrusting montipora.

Not sure if you've seen this site or not, but it's the holy bible of coral identification:

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) database
 
6. White tipped Green Acropora Yongei (Green Slimer)
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7. Blue tipped Dark Green Acropora Yongei (Dark Green Slimer?)
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8. Pink Montipora Capricornis
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9. White tipped Brown Montipora Digitata
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10. Red Montipora Capricornis
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11. White tipped Gold Sertiatapora Hystrix (Gold Birdsnest?)
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karimwassef said:
Your think it's a birdsnest? It's very bushy... I'll post my Seriatapora colonies next to check. Those are very pointy.

I thought Danae was a lot more bumpy, but ok. Thanks.

Thanks for the website. I need one that starts with pictures so I can find pics -> names instead of names -> pics.

I'll have to study it to be able to use it well.

I've been using this one, by the way - http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Plating-Montipora-Coral
Click to expand...

Yea, it's tough until you get a hold on it. The funny part is that even when you think you have a hold on it, you read something like this Advanced Aquarist article on M. Danae, and the guy who literally wrote the book on corals, JEN Veron, even says that growth in an aquarium can change the features and coloration of the corals to something unnaturally found in the ocean, so it complicates identification even more.

Also, for what it's worth, I don't like using "names" of corals (i.e. "Green Slimer") unless you bought it as that with lineage to back it up. I know they're handy to identify what a coral looks like, since most of the acros in circulation are one of 10 or 15 species, but there's a difference between something being a GARF Purple Bonsai which originated from GARF in their decades of growth under low-light low-flow conditions and something that "looks like a GARF Purple Bonsai" which are usually just maricultured corals that have similar coloration, but may not hold their color when moved to closed systems with lower light and flow than their breeding ground in the actual ocean. I suppose in the scheme of keeping boxes full of living things from thousands of miles away alive in your living room, names don't matter much, but for serious collectors, it's a big deal. Dunno, just something to consider.

Either way, very nice corals so far. Are you running this under 6500K or 10K? Looks pretty yellow, and I don't think you've got your natural light setup going yet, right?
 
12. Orange Montipora Setosa
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13. Brown Polyped Green Montipora Spongodes
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14. White tipped Gold Acropora Yongei
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15. Brown Polyp Green Seriatapora Hystrix (Green Birdsnest?)
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(remember this has no blue, actinic or UV... so no pop at all)

16. Purple tipped Green Acropora XXXXX (no idea)?
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ReefWreak said:
Yea, it's tough until you get a hold on it. The funny part is that even when you think you have a hold on it, you read something like this Advanced Aquarist article on M. Danae, and the guy who literally wrote the book on corals, JEN Veron, even says that growth in an aquarium can change the features and coloration of the corals to something unnaturally found in the ocean, so it complicates identification even more.

Also, for what it's worth, I don't like using "names" of corals (i.e. "Green Slimer") unless you bought it as that with lineage to back it up. I know they're handy to identify what a coral looks like, since most of the acros in circulation are one of 10 or 15 species, but there's a difference between something being a GARF Purple Bonsai which originated from GARF in their decades of growth under low-light low-flow conditions and something that "looks like a GARF Purple Bonsai" which are usually just maricultured corals that have similar coloration, but may not hold their color when moved to closed systems with lower light and flow than their breeding ground in the actual ocean. I suppose in the scheme of keeping boxes full of living things from thousands of miles away alive in your living room, names don't matter much, but for serious collectors, it's a big deal. Dunno, just something to consider.

Either way, very nice corals so far. Are you running this under 6500K or 10K? Looks pretty yellow, and I don't think you've got your natural light setup going yet, right?
Click to expand...

This is 10K MH and about due to be changed :D

I agree on the "naming". When I bought them, that was the name I got from the seller.
 
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17. Green Polyped Purple Acropora Valida Tricolor (ID by ReefWreak)
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18. Gold Polyped Green Acropora
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19. Montipora Undata
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<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/77243FC2-0492-4020-863E-C1D5DE4BCD17_zpsdw0vmytl.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/77243FC2-0492-4020-863E-C1D5DE4BCD17_zpsdw0vmytl.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 77243FC2-0492-4020-863E-C1D5DE4BCD17_zpsdw0vmytl.jpg"/></a>

20. Echinopora Lamellosa (Hollywood Stunner Chalice)
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/B05C4994-4A7C-48EA-A9AC-22AD9B8E4EB8_zpsolm8ffol.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/B05C4994-4A7C-48EA-A9AC-22AD9B8E4EB8_zpsolm8ffol.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B05C4994-4A7C-48EA-A9AC-22AD9B8E4EB8_zpsolm8ffol.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg"/></a>
 
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21. Green Polyp Gold Acropora XXXX (no idea) ?
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<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/DF74CF5E-C20D-4DED-A546-73959F2177D2_zpsgtfofghv.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/DF74CF5E-C20D-4DED-A546-73959F2177D2_zpsgtfofghv.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DF74CF5E-C20D-4DED-A546-73959F2177D2_zpsgtfofghv.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/4EE4B9E0-2F45-4815-A145-4F1CF1E35E7C_zpskxasgcd8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/4EE4B9E0-2F45-4815-A145-4F1CF1E35E7C_zpskxasgcd8.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 4EE4B9E0-2F45-4815-A145-4F1CF1E35E7C_zpskxasgcd8.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/DBEF7D27-445A-4E1C-A711-C4AA35EB1524_zps3jwlcali.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/DBEF7D27-445A-4E1C-A711-C4AA35EB1524_zps3jwlcali.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DBEF7D27-445A-4E1C-A711-C4AA35EB1524_zps3jwlcali.jpg"/></a>

22. Pink Seriatapora Hystrix (Pink Birdsnest)
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/aa3a733c-d3c0-4d54-b193-4d0285869363_zpsnrpbrhz8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/aa3a733c-d3c0-4d54-b193-4d0285869363_zpsnrpbrhz8.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo aa3a733c-d3c0-4d54-b193-4d0285869363_zpsnrpbrhz8.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/BFBA0765-2061-41C8-9B08-E2F15EF79916_zpsvvcitrhw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/BFBA0765-2061-41C8-9B08-E2F15EF79916_zpsvvcitrhw.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo BFBA0765-2061-41C8-9B08-E2F15EF79916_zpsvvcitrhw.jpg"/></a>

23. Encrusting Brown Porites (no idea) ?
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/5DB5A1DE-2AAF-4865-B3F9-A3C2E3007365_zpsja0mnwm5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/5DB5A1DE-2AAF-4865-B3F9-A3C2E3007365_zpsja0mnwm5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 5DB5A1DE-2AAF-4865-B3F9-A3C2E3007365_zpsja0mnwm5.jpg"/></a>

24. Gold Edge Green Pavona Cactus
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/3a9cfd4c-6812-45a5-aec0-6309f4392a7f_zpsmjmppj2e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/3a9cfd4c-6812-45a5-aec0-6309f4392a7f_zpsmjmppj2e.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 3a9cfd4c-6812-45a5-aec0-6309f4392a7f_zpsmjmppj2e.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/fd11b716-9840-4f76-986c-cd35e2522cbe_zpsr1r533d6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/01C39E51-056E-4B64-ADC3-E39E7687865F_zpske7mp6vb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/01C39E51-056E-4B64-ADC3-E39E7687865F_zpske7mp6vb.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 01C39E51-056E-4B64-ADC3-E39E7687865F_zpske7mp6vb.jpg"/></a>
<img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/fd11b716-9840-4f76-986c-cd35e2522cbe_zpsr1r533d6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo fd11b716-9840-4f76-986c-cd35e2522cbe_zpsr1r533d6.jpg"/></a>
 
25. Fluorescent Green Hydnophora Rigida
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/A7145973-2A4F-4AB1-804F-99DA8CA56FDC_zpsylx0vqcn.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/A7145973-2A4F-4AB1-804F-99DA8CA56FDC_zpsylx0vqcn.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo A7145973-2A4F-4AB1-804F-99DA8CA56FDC_zpsylx0vqcn.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/7717F04A-6EA8-4BA7-B6A0-2549A67CD1AD_zpszldbqocz.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/7717F04A-6EA8-4BA7-B6A0-2549A67CD1AD_zpszldbqocz.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 7717F04A-6EA8-4BA7-B6A0-2549A67CD1AD_zpszldbqocz.jpg"/></a> the one on the left - killing the acropora to the right

26. ???
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/c8b15af5-9058-4141-bfd3-efdfcc06872d_zps8s7cq6ic.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/c8b15af5-9058-4141-bfd3-efdfcc06872d_zps8s7cq6ic.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo c8b15af5-9058-4141-bfd3-efdfcc06872d_zps8s7cq6ic.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/DDE98204-8E6B-4F99-BA1B-7C7DF95E6C0B_zps1viux4qw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/DDE98204-8E6B-4F99-BA1B-7C7DF95E6C0B_zps1viux4qw.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DDE98204-8E6B-4F99-BA1B-7C7DF95E6C0B_zps1viux4qw.jpg"/></a>

27. ???
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/2A308D01-CCA4-4CAA-8541-4EE6E9B0109D_zpsxnd6zhxz.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/2A308D01-CCA4-4CAA-8541-4EE6E9B0109D_zpsxnd6zhxz.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2A308D01-CCA4-4CAA-8541-4EE6E9B0109D_zpsxnd6zhxz.jpg"/></a>

28. ???
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/7562bcd3-df0c-47f2-b5f7-2d754ee8b767_zpscuj4fbrh.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/7562bcd3-df0c-47f2-b5f7-2d754ee8b767_zpscuj4fbrh.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 7562bcd3-df0c-47f2-b5f7-2d754ee8b767_zpscuj4fbrh.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo BCEA3A92-2F10-4F3E-B3DB-CDE980CA1AE0_zpswm8nwlxm.jpg"/></a> on the far right

29. Dark Green Porites ???

<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/a2959cb5-2c26-4b06-b4bc-dd7c5129dd38_zpsxjygcfe4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/a2959cb5-2c26-4b06-b4bc-dd7c5129dd38_zpsxjygcfe4.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo a2959cb5-2c26-4b06-b4bc-dd7c5129dd38_zpsxjygcfe4.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/C9CB342A-51FE-473D-9D2A-AEFC1362C973_zpsgscwon1i.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/C9CB342A-51FE-473D-9D2A-AEFC1362C973_zpsgscwon1i.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C9CB342A-51FE-473D-9D2A-AEFC1362C973_zpsgscwon1i.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/669B9C45-6024-4B07-A66D-077E31D9F1D9_zpsgixfgz93.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/669B9C45-6024-4B07-A66D-077E31D9F1D9_zpsgixfgz93.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 669B9C45-6024-4B07-A66D-077E31D9F1D9_zpsgixfgz93.jpg"/></a>
It's in the middle top area

Most of my frags start as discarded rescues at the LFSs, so I don't know what they are until they recover and show some shape and color. I know that makes it hard to tell...

But it feels good to rescue a wilting frag... and see it blossom.
 
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joshbrookkate said:
Karim, those sps are beautiful! You are sure doing something right!
Michelle
Click to expand...

Thanks! I think it's a lot of kalk, feeding a lot, exporting a lot and having no mechanical filtration.

I don't know what they all are and I'm getting ready to sell them since they're growing into each other. I had no idea I had so many different kinds. I thought it was just the breaking and fragging out of control.
 
30. Pink Tabling Acropora (no idea) ???
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/050C0091-416B-44E8-B490-D1C5E6039C62_zpsmytchnkn.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/050C0091-416B-44E8-B490-D1C5E6039C62_zpsmytchnkn.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 050C0091-416B-44E8-B490-D1C5E6039C62_zpsmytchnkn.jpg"/></a>

31. Fluorescent Green Brown Acropora (no idea) ???
It glows green under UV
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/9C914BE9-A326-4283-A7E0-62A799741D16_zpsq5tfx8ln.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/9C914BE9-A326-4283-A7E0-62A799741D16_zpsq5tfx8ln.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 9C914BE9-A326-4283-A7E0-62A799741D16_zpsq5tfx8ln.jpg"/></a>

I think that's all of the SPS.. I'll go double check
 
I know that my picture taking skills are terrible - they're iphone pics.

Thanks to all helping ID. If you want me to take some closer pics, I can try.
 
30 is beautiful. Wish I were local, I'd take a frag. Looks like a nice smooth skin, which people generally call "deep water" even though there are shallow smooth skin corals.

I'll post some more in a few, but most of them look like various forms of (26) acropora, (27) porites, (28) pocillopora, and some other stuff. Neat collection, especially since they're all rescues.
 
Thanks. I really appreciate the help.

#30 wasn't doing well high in the tank. I moved it to the bottom and it's much better. It looks fluorescent green under UV only.
 
They do look different with the UV turned on. #30 under UV looks like this:

<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/3EF4DA39-BE0F-4ECF-803B-9DC48E918D25_zpst3tfzyd7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/3EF4DA39-BE0F-4ECF-803B-9DC48E918D25_zpst3tfzyd7.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 3EF4DA39-BE0F-4ECF-803B-9DC48E918D25_zpst3tfzyd7.jpg"/></a>

Here's a few with and without:
#14 White tipped Golden Acropora without UV and with UV
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/89E3D277-D670-4EC2-AB5D-6DBB2176C068_zpsxxzzsnm5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/89E3D277-D670-4EC2-AB5D-6DBB2176C068_zpsxxzzsnm5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 89E3D277-D670-4EC2-AB5D-6DBB2176C068_zpsxxzzsnm5.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/5D0EFFB7-4FE2-43E3-8DC1-E33E9BD53D21_zpsvyqkmlqy.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/5D0EFFB7-4FE2-43E3-8DC1-E33E9BD53D21_zpsvyqkmlqy.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 5D0EFFB7-4FE2-43E3-8DC1-E33E9BD53D21_zpsvyqkmlqy.jpg"/></a>

#25. Hydnophora without and with:
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/D5227572-2331-4451-BCBB-DEAA2AC6637A_zpsjerpwvmo.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/D5227572-2331-4451-BCBB-DEAA2AC6637A_zpsjerpwvmo.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo D5227572-2331-4451-BCBB-DEAA2AC6637A_zpsjerpwvmo.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/0DFB6307-5C15-4AA5-A2C4-AEECAE66B0E5_zpsvaz5m8kt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/0DFB6307-5C15-4AA5-A2C4-AEECAE66B0E5_zpsvaz5m8kt.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 0DFB6307-5C15-4AA5-A2C4-AEECAE66B0E5_zpsvaz5m8kt.jpg"/></a>

and #18 ... This one has been developing purple/white tips - I need to take pics more frequently. This one had a growth spurt
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/81D40523-725B-4F78-A7FC-CD71638C8837_zpssmlj8khr.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/81D40523-725B-4F78-A7FC-CD71638C8837_zpssmlj8khr.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 81D40523-725B-4F78-A7FC-CD71638C8837_zpssmlj8khr.jpg"/></a>

Don't mind all the slime - I was feeding during a surge and I think the combination of food and bubbles makes some of the SPS slime. They retract the slime and eat it with the food attached, I think.
 
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