Need some coral ID please

[Amajewski]

Hey everyone,

My LFS owner is super knowledgeable and has been a big help with my first reef tank. Unfortunately he is kind of an old school hippie so he never knows the actual names of the corals he sells, he just calls them whatever he has been calling them for the past 30 years haha. However I'm a little OCD so it would really help me if some of you could give me the proper names of these corals. Much appreciated.

 

[SeaCucumberFan]

1. Xenia or clove polyps (I think xenia)
2. Zoanthids
3. Green star polyps

 

[Preble]

The third is green star polyps, the second is some sort of polyp and first maybe pulsing xenia. Hard to tell from the pic.

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[Preble]

Do the first ones open and close a lot

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[Pandagobyguy]

+1 what seacuc said (also +1 xenia)

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[Willyboz1]

First one looks more like cloves to me

 

[A sea K]

I'm with Willyboz1, #1 looks like clove polyps to me as well.

 

[Bent]

1: clove polyps
2: zoas
3: gsp

My .02

 

[billdogg]

What they all have said.

Be forewarned that all of those - especially the clove polyps and the gsp - can and will grow like crazy and can easily get out of control

 

[Kremis]

1st = green clove polyps

 

[SeaCucumberFan]

1st = green clove polyps

They dont look green to me but meybe I'm colorblind (as various internet tests have said)

 

[inurmind]

Green or not the first pic is definitely cloves.

 

[Dogshowgrl]

I agree with all the above.

But just as curiosity... When the coral is sucked in (closed) what does its base look like?

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[2smokes]

First is blue clove polyps ,second zoanthus and third green star polyps.