Stumped on this ID??

[MK Reefer]

Can' figure out the ID on 2 of the pieces pictured below. One is a yellow milli, the other is some type of monti but I don't know which kind and the other red one in the background is a complete mystery.

Any help would be great.

Mike

 

[Kip]

a. millepora
m. nodosa

pretty sure on the first... 2nd one... lots of encrusting monti's it could be.

 

[fishypets]

I'll second Kip,

Both are very nice. Where did you get them?

BTW I have a bright orange nodosa and it is a pretty slow grower.

 

[MK Reefer]

I got it from this place...

www.wheresthereef.ca

Mike

 

[fishypets]

Nice score

 

[RCS]

Any chance on a clearer pick of the red one if you're trying to id it? Looks like it could be a Cyphastrea or perhaps an Echinophyllia...but it's hard to tell with the blurriness.

 

[joetbs]

Good eye RCS, it does look like Cyphastrea. I would rule out Echinophyllia due to the size of the corallites in relation to the Millepora.

joe

 

[ViPeR_930]

The one in the background is a Cyphastrea, but it's an LPS.

 

[RCS]

It's a little hard to tell with the red one in the background. I don't know if the scale is correct or if it's a trick of the eye/camera. If it's scale, then I'd definitely stick with Cyphastrea.

 

[ClownReef®]

Third pic..IMO..Porites murrayensis .

 

[Sk8r]

The yellow looks for all the world like green bali slimer (a. youngeii). They can range from that color to deep green depending on lighting. I have one that's it's twin, and if that's what it is, they grow fast and spread out and up like a candelabra.

 

[twon8]

i am pretty sure its a a. millepora, not a yongei. My green slimer is greener than that, and the polyps are different. This one has scaled corralites.

 

[Kip]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6967603#post6967603 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iReef69
Third pic..IMO..Porites murrayensis .

good call... very well could be a porites

 

[thereefgeek]

OK, here's my votes since everyone seems to disagree on one or another.
Milli
Porites
Cyphastrea

 

[MK Reefer]

Wow.. Thanks for all the responses guys.... I really appreciate it You guys rock

Mike

 

[ClownReef®]

Not at all, thank you..i like "guess the coral"..lol..although sometimes i have trouble with mine..Glad i could help

 

[thereefgeek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6969307#post6969307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iReef69
...i like "guess the coral"...

I like that Cyphastrea! Crazy red color!

 

[Chrismo]

I've seen a lot of Cyphastria in the toronto stores lately. Nice looking, but I didnt know much about it.

Anyone know how hardy it is? Hows yours doing MK Reefer?

Chris

 

[ReeferMonkey]

I don't think the 3rd pic is a porites, I've seen a lot of etailers selling plating montporas that are mounted like that.

 

[fijiblue]

Im pretty sure its a porites. They are selling them as cultured discs. I'd take a pic of mine, but I dont have a camera right now. The cultured pieces have either red, purple or white polyps.