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medic29
08/14/2007, 07:44 AM
I took some pics of my tank and thought I would post some pics of my corals. I'm one of those folks who purchse corals because I like the way they look, not because of what they are, but...I would like to know what I have in my tank. There are a few corals which I do not know what they are and any help identifying them would be appreciated. Now, there are corals which I think I know what they are and if I am mistaken, please help me out and let me know.

Here we go....

Coral #1 = Birdsnest
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/birdsnest.jpg
Coral #2 = Chips
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/chips.jpg
Coral #3 = Monti Cap
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/monti_cap.jpg
Coral #4 = Purple digi
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/purpledigi.jpg
Coral #5 = Purple digi #2
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/2purpledigi.jpg
Coral #6 = Purple digi #3
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/purpledigi2.jpg

medic29
08/14/2007, 07:45 AM
Coral #7 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown1.jpg
Coral #8 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown2.jpg
Coral #9 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown3.jpg
Coral #10 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown4.jpg
Coral #11 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown5.jpg
Coral #12 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown6.jpg
Coral #13 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown7.jpg
Coral #14 =
http://reefclub.home.insightbb.com/img/unknown8.jpg

Any help identifying corals #7-14 would be appreciated.

Thanks!!

seachel71
08/14/2007, 07:48 AM
Hey Rick..... they are pretty..... but no idea what they are of course, lol.

medic29
08/14/2007, 07:51 AM
Yeah, I got them because I liked the way they look; now I just need to figure out what they are.

soim34
08/14/2007, 10:37 AM
Short of killing a portion of the skeleton and having it analyzed by a coral biologist, you'll never truly get them labeled beyond Acropora or Montipora, etc.

#9 reminds of what people use to call Larry Jackson's Purple Monster or Purple-tipped Acro. Not saying that's what it is, but...

HTH

Michelle L
08/14/2007, 10:51 AM
Rick, did you get #9 from DKKH? I have a colony that looks very, very similar to yours and he is who I got it from.

brad23
08/14/2007, 11:39 AM
8 and 10 look like chips, 9 looks like some kind of tri color acro. Pretty sure 12 is a acro, don't remember the exact name.

medic29
08/14/2007, 11:53 AM
Got #9 from English

Horace
08/14/2007, 02:13 PM
I responded on BNARC, but I agree with Brad, I think 8/10 are the chips acro, so looks like you have a few of those :). Two of which I know came from me. Where did you get the other one?

4/6 are a German Blue Polyp Digi, not purple digi. You can see the diff by looking at the skel color. The blue doesnt have a purple skel while the purple does.

The purple acro looks like a A.Valida to me. Could be a Larry Jackson...but is growing alot diff than an identified Larry Jackson that BradL has so its likely not a LJ. The rest of those are too small to be able to get a good idea. Identifiying acros is hard to do even when they are big, let alone frags :).

medic29
08/14/2007, 04:23 PM
I believe it was a frag I got from David's tank before we moved it.

kimoy
08/15/2007, 11:03 AM
the #9 is a bad coral. send it to me and i will take care of it. lol

really. it's watercolor acro.