ID These Please

WaffleWalffle22

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One of my LFS is closing and I got some great deals, however I would like a positive ID on these.

The first one was sold to me as a monti cap, but it had giant polyps unlike my other cap. Is it a cap?

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This second one was said to be some sort of acro. What kind of acro is it? It is tan with blue/silver polyps.

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The owner of the LFS told me nobody knew what this one is. It is brown at night but when it opens it is amazingly green (the picture does it no justice.) It seems to be an encrusting SPS.

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Feel free to tell me anything you can about these. Thanks. :)
 
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The first coral could be a montipora with great polyp extension but I bet it is a Pagoda cup coral (Turbinaria sp.). They can look monti-porish if the polyp extension is poor or non-existant but they have large robust polyps that can open widely. A top-down picture would help.

The second coral looks like a Pocillopora species.

The third coral may be a Cyphastrea sp.
 
1st looks like a montipora capricornis
2nd is poccilopora damicornis
3rd looks like a montipora of some kind
 
The first coral is definitely not a cup coral. I agree with pocillopora for the second pic. Still not sure what the third pic is, but if it is a monti, does anyone have a guess as to what it could be? The reason I'm questioning the first being a cap is because my other cap doesn't have that many polyps and the polyps aren't extended that long. Are there different types of caps?
 
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