What did I buy?

[ddanis60]

I started a thread in the zoa section, but this is probably more appropriate. Picked these little guys up for cheap at the lfs a few days ago. Didn't look great under the lights he had on the tank. Wife wanted them so home they came. Not sure what they are. I'm leaning towards some kind of mushroom maybe. They're about the size of an average zoa. They opened up nicely once under my 360we's. Anyone have any input on what they are? Thanks!

 

[mtaswt]

looks to be a Duncan

 

[lifeoffaith]

That would be my guess as well.

 

[ddanis60]

Interesting. I have a decent little Duncan colony with about 8-10 heads and although the color is similar, I didn't think a Duncan this small would look like a softy. It doesn't seem to have a skeletal base.. or even a mouth for that matter. The bigger one is about the size of a dime today. Ill try and get some better pictures that are not all blued out.

 

[ddanis60]

What did I buy?

Still pretty blue but maybe a little better. In the zoomed out picture, they are on the right side halfway up the rock.

 

[ddanis60]

What did I buy?

While I'm here, anyone have a name for that green coral in the back? Bought the branch of orange zoa's about 5 months ago, and those little green corals started from what seemed nothing about halfway through January. Thanks again!

Zoomed out picture. They're almost against the glass, about 1/3 way up the left vertical branch

 

[Dkuhlmann]

That isn't a Duncan. I'm not sure what it is but I'm sure it's not a Duncan.

 

[rocksaus]

The green looks like candy cane

 

[Dkuhlmann]

The green one looks more like a Gonipora than anything.

 

[Maritimer]

Or maybe ... what's the other one that looks like Goniopora, but has less tentacles ... Alveopora?

~B.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Alveopora has 12 tentacles and Gonipora has 24, So I said Gonipora too quickly, it's an Alveopora

 

[gbru316]

Interesting. I have a decent little Duncan colony with about 8-10 heads and although the color is similar, I didn't think a Duncan this small would look like a softy. It doesn't seem to have a skeletal base.. or even a mouth for that matter. The bigger one is about the size of a dime today. Ill try and get some better pictures that are not all blued out.

95% sure this isn't a soft coral.

I see 3 mouths in that picture and the skeletal base seems to be there. It's the rock that the polyps are growing on. Looks like it had much more tissue in the past. Although it's not a duncan skeleton.

 

[joshky]

Green one is Alveopora sp., please retake the photo of the first one as it could simply be something growing on a dead skeleton, with the blue washing the photo out you'd never be able to identify it without a decent margin of error.

 

[ddanis60]

Pics from the back. From the looks of it, they were fragged onto a dead coral skeleton. They look like softies from the back, but I really don't know on this one. They don't really have feet like softies would, but don't seem to have a skeleton like all my other lps. Thank you for the ID of the green guy!