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likhten
02/29/2008, 05:44 PM
I got 4 corals.
Please help to identify them
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241395&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241392&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241393&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241394&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
Thanks

mudskipper1
02/29/2008, 06:04 PM
2nd one is star polyp, last one is some type on leather I think, 1st pic is too blurry

sk8boarder
02/29/2008, 06:08 PM
1st pic looks like a flowerpot

Boca Kris
02/29/2008, 06:39 PM
1st one is blurry...any chance thats frogspawn? second i agree looks like green star polyps...third looks like some generic polyps..not sure on 4th

Avi
02/29/2008, 06:45 PM
The first is really too blurry to tell, but my wild guess is the same as sk8boarder's...a "flowerpot" (goniopora.)
The second is a "green star polyp" coral, usually referred to as GSP.
The third is a "button polyp" (palythoa)
The fourth is, I would say, a young piece of sarcophyton ...which is generally considered in the leather coral group of soft coral.

But likhten, you should really get yourself a good book on coral, like

http://www.amazon.com/Aquarium-Corals-Selection-Husbandry-Natural/dp/1890087483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204332156&sr=8-1

You should get an understanding of what your chosing and its needs before you bring it home. Different corals have different needs as far as lighting, feeding, etc. and the people that work at a fish store may or may not really know what they're talking about, so you ought to. It's actually more fun that way, too.

cs reef
02/29/2008, 10:52 PM
1st looks like a torch coral, second is star polyps, third is a button poilyp or zoa form, fourth looks like a long polyp toad stool leather.