JustinFromAL
New member
Hey folks, I'm about 3 months into this adventure and I'm starting to learn the ins and outs of reef keeping. I'm to the point now that I'd like to know a little more about the corals I have and how to get them the best flow/light/feeding. I'm sure some of these are very common, but my inexperience at describing them means my google searches haven't been helpful. Hopefully this will help a few other newbs like myself who need basic ID's as well!
I purchased the tank off Craig's List, fully setup, so I don't know a lot of what I have. I've put my description/guesses where I can and can provide more info/pictures if it helps. I apologize if these aren't the best pictures, I just have a crappy little point and shoot.
Thanks in advance for your help!
1. This is an anemone my clownfish are hosting. It's tentacles are about 2 or 3 inches long and occasionally will "bubble up" a bit as you can see in the left side..
2. This is a small piece, about dime size. It's a transparent brown/reddish color with light green tips.
3. This is a larger piece, about golf ball sized. It's got a dark green body with opaque purplish tips.
4. This has 5 or 6 small polyps and is growing. It's pink at the base with a pale green on the 5 pointed "star". It alos glows bright green under actinic only lighting.
5. These is three small round polyps. Some type of Zoanthid I think, any more info would be appreciated, but I think it's going to get covered up by the Xenia anyway.
6. This is Xenia of some type, if you have a more specific name that would be great. It waves around in the current but doesn't "snap" on it's own like I've seen with some Xenia.
7. This is a nickel sized mushroom, reddish brown in color with blue/purple specks. I have these randomly around the tank. Any more specific name would be great!
8. These mushrooms(?) are about quarter sized are purple with streaks of blue.
9. This is a very large mushroom shaped piece. It's stalk is about 2 inches and the top is about the diamater of a baseball. It's stalk is offwhite, the head is slightly reddish with small 1/4" protrusions that extend and wave around with the current. If touched the protrusions will retract immediately.
10. These are a bunch of small polyps that are pink when retracted and about dime sized 5 sided and green when out. They wave around in the current. I think they're "green metallic star polyps" but I would love a confirmation.
Thanks again for time and help, you guys rock!
I purchased the tank off Craig's List, fully setup, so I don't know a lot of what I have. I've put my description/guesses where I can and can provide more info/pictures if it helps. I apologize if these aren't the best pictures, I just have a crappy little point and shoot.
Thanks in advance for your help!
1. This is an anemone my clownfish are hosting. It's tentacles are about 2 or 3 inches long and occasionally will "bubble up" a bit as you can see in the left side..
2. This is a small piece, about dime size. It's a transparent brown/reddish color with light green tips.
3. This is a larger piece, about golf ball sized. It's got a dark green body with opaque purplish tips.
4. This has 5 or 6 small polyps and is growing. It's pink at the base with a pale green on the 5 pointed "star". It alos glows bright green under actinic only lighting.
5. These is three small round polyps. Some type of Zoanthid I think, any more info would be appreciated, but I think it's going to get covered up by the Xenia anyway.
6. This is Xenia of some type, if you have a more specific name that would be great. It waves around in the current but doesn't "snap" on it's own like I've seen with some Xenia.
7. This is a nickel sized mushroom, reddish brown in color with blue/purple specks. I have these randomly around the tank. Any more specific name would be great!
8. These mushrooms(?) are about quarter sized are purple with streaks of blue.
9. This is a very large mushroom shaped piece. It's stalk is about 2 inches and the top is about the diamater of a baseball. It's stalk is offwhite, the head is slightly reddish with small 1/4" protrusions that extend and wave around with the current. If touched the protrusions will retract immediately.
10. These are a bunch of small polyps that are pink when retracted and about dime sized 5 sided and green when out. They wave around in the current. I think they're "green metallic star polyps" but I would love a confirmation.
Thanks again for time and help, you guys rock!
