Looking for a little help in Identification --Numbered Pics!

[Jlkeiser]

Hello everyone I have a 29 gallon biocube that has been running for 6months (came from an established tank that was running for about a year). I know that I have aiptasia thats been growing (hopefully the newly added peppermints will help with that). But I wanted some help in identifying some of the soft corals in my tank. Are any of them aggresive or harmful to my other corals. And number 3 and 5 I am just looking for specific names to accociate with the actual coral. Any and all help would be wonderful!

(To see the photos bigger just click the pic)

 

[Jlkeiser]

Also I had a question concerning the zooanthids that are in the pictures above. I gathered them from a tank that had crashed it had over heated and the zoos looked pretty gross. After about a month or two they opened up and gathered colors. I was told that they were eagle eyes but they look nothing like them. Could they have changed color after being heat damaged ? Is that possible? Will future Zoos from this rock look the same? Just wondering here is a close up!

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/img20111111112304.jpg/

 

[Jlkeiser]

Are the things in number 2 Anemonia manjano ?

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

yes with nr. 2 you are correct A. cf. manjano
Nr. one I would say is an Entacmea quadricolor, feeding is not needed as she has Zooxanthelles - and in case only ymall food, no bigger pieces
Nr. 3 kind of Anthelia
Nr. 4 - bad pic, I cannot recognize a coral there.
Nr. 5 - small colonial feather dusters

regards

Markus

 

[Jlkeiser]

Thank you looks like I will have fun with the manjano
On Nr 3 I thought that on Anthelia the polyps were not retractile. This one will retract all polyps leaving only a pink fleshy rod, It has been in there 4 months and I assumed the polyps would have spread but they only stick to the object the are wrapped around. Is it possilbe it could be something else?

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

ok had a closer look than the first time - I see that the coral seems to have a "branching" growth - could also be briareum in this case.

regards

Markus

 

[GerritM]

Hi!
1: Rhodactis (indosinensis) Mushroom
2: Anemonia manjano
3: Erythropodium caribaeorum (?)
4: could be a sponge
5: feather dusters (Microprotula, Bispira or similar)

 

[MarkusII]

Hello Gerrit,

1: Rhodactis - would have "branching" tentacles, which I hardly can see on the pic.
3: may be as well

regards

Markus

 

[GerritM]

Hi Markus!

1: Rhodactis - would have "branching" tentacles, which I hardly can see on the pic.

Not all Rhodactis mushrooms always show branched tentacles. Here is one of my Rhodactis.

best wishes

 

[MarkusII]

Hello Gerritt,

yes I know but I meant the indosinensis (not Rhodactis in general) - pictures I found have branching polyps;
we should have better pictures and also relation in size to other corals to clearly identify.

regards

Markus

 

[jdhuyvetter]

My votes are:

1- Hairy Mushroom (R.indosensis)
2- Majanos
3- Encrusting gorgonian (Probably Erythropodium caribaeorum if Florida collected or Brianreum asbestnum if Pacific collected)
4- Sponge
5- I can't the pic to enlarge. But, if the stems are soft, I'm going with colonial feather dusters as well. If they are hard I'd say some type of colonial tube worm (similar to a feather duster)

Last pic are palythoas and not zoanthids

 

[MarkusII]

Hello jdhuyvetter,

2 - correct name is Anemonia cf. manjanos

Last pic are palythoas and not zoanthids

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regards

Markus

 

[jdhuyvetter]

Actually Markus, I think the correct name is PITA (Pain In The A..) Or, maybe that is just what we call them in my club!

FYI, the last pic I was referring to is the link in Post #2

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

well, yes they are for sure they are a real horror for every reefkeeper. But I like to keep the correct name used in the internet
and for the second: the link is actually not working, but in the first pic in the right thats palythoas - so believing thats the "picture above" and also the animals in the link - you are right

regards

Markus