id help please

[FISHMAN350]

hi everyone can you please help with a few ids and couple of care tips thanks!!

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[rkl303]

Very nice pieces. Wish I could id those for you.

 

[FISHMAN350]

help

help

i know 1 is a monti but i dont know what kind and i think the blue is a bottle brush acro? but not shure i would like the real names and some flow/light parameters so i can properly take care of them and look up more info. thanks for the kind words.

 

[sps_addict]

My guesses would be.

1. Montipora Verrucosa
2. Hard to tell maybe Plesiastrea, Platygyra, or something else.
3. Acropora Turaki
4. Montipora Sp.
5. Montipora Digitata and Tubinaria Sp.

 

[FISHMAN350]

thanks

thanks

thanks for the help. i will do some reaserch on here now that i have something to work with. btw can anyone recomend a really good book to use for coral id? thanks

 

[Sk8r]

The purple looks like an encrusting montipora, though I've never seen a purple one. The last looks like a frag of a cup or pagoda coral, which I think is turbinaria. I think I've heard the green network one called moon coral, but I'm not sure of that designation.

Try http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralsearch.php for a database search based on characteristics.

 

[furforfour]

Eric Borneman's Aquarium Corals
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...=pd_bbs_2/104-9994480-0863963?ie=UTF8&s=books
or Julian Sprung's Corals
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...ef=sr_1_1/104-9994480-0863963?ie=UTF8&s=books

These are both pretty decent books to ID corals. Also Fishman350, is your user name and avatar combination a reference to Phish's drummer?

 

[redFishblue]

the last one could be a Cyphastrea Ocellina

 

[FISHMAN350]

sorry no phish ref

sorry no phish ref

sorry man i really dont think ive ever heard a phish song but i might have to give them a try!!!!! thanks

 

[furforfour]

I see. The name of Phish's drummer is Jon Fishman and he has worn a helmet similar to the one in your avatar while performing. Sorry to get off topic.