ID these please

[westreef]

Please help me to ID these.

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l610/westreef/_DSC0073-1.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l610/westreef/IndoEchinata.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l610/westreef/_DSC0074.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l610/westreef/_DSC0066.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l610/westreef/_DSC0056.jpg

[westreef]

Anyone has any idea?

The following is my guess:
The first one is Monti Confusa.
The second one is Indo Echinata.
The third one is Blue Iris.
Have no idea for the rest.

[westreef]

48 viewers and not a single responds! Very interesting.:eek2:

[flyyyguy]

I would guess verrucosa for the first. definitely not confusa

[jtarmitage]

Hey Bernie,
That monti is one of 2 possibilities
1) Montipora danae http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0251/view#

2) Montipora verrucosa http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0280/view#

I can't quite tell from this pic or your video if the growth edge coralites tend to line up or not. If they do, and you can see some of the pics on the links I attached, then it would be M. danae. I don't see any evidence of that, so I would lean to it being M. verrucosa.

Thanks for the frags BTW :D

[westreef]

Hey Bernie,
That monti is one of 2 possibilities
1) Montipora danae http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0251/view#

2) Montipora verrucosa http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0280/view#

I can't quite tell from this pic or your video if the growth edge coralites tend to line up or not. If they do, and you can see some of the pics on the links I attached, then it would be M. danae. I don't see any evidence of that, so I would lean to it being M. verrucosa.

Thanks for the frags BTW :D
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the effort to id the first one of the corals.
The surface texture seems to match both descriptions. However, the subject coral is jade green though. You think my lighting caused it to be green?

Bernie

[jtarmitage]

Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the effort to id the first one of the corals.
The surface texture seems to match both descriptions. However, the subject coral is jade green though. You think my lighting caused it to be green?

Bernie

Yes and no, both corals come in a variety of colors, regardless of what they list there. Just think of the different variants of monti's out there like superman, aquaman, rainbow, pokerstar, appleberry, etc...I've seen many different variations of both base and polyp colors. Both the particular strain, as well as our individual mineral, salinity, phosphate, nitrate, and lighting conditions have an impact on colors. Either way, this was a green coral to begin with, but your LED/T5 combination on the bluer spectrum can cause a shift as well.

[westreef]

Yes and no, both corals come in a variety of colors, regardless of what they list there. Just think of the different variants of monti's out there like superman, aquaman, rainbow, pokerstar, appleberry, etc...I've seen many different variations of both base and polyp colors. Both the particular strain, as well as our individual mineral, salinity, phosphate, nitrate, and lighting conditions have an impact on colors. Either way, this was a green coral to begin with, but your LED/T5 combination on the bluer spectrum can cause a shift as well.

Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the explanation. It would be interesting to see how yours turns out under your tank's environment. :dance:

Bernie

[*reefermadness*]

I think the last one may be an acropora navini. Not 100% but my best guess. Hope this helps. http://www.garretts-acropolis.com/

[Frick]

1 The monti seems to be handled.
2 Too small to tell, but here is another reference to Navini http://sdmas.com/corals/73.php
3 Too small to say, so i will whisper subulata....maybe http://sdmas.com/corals/73.php
4 Divaricata http://sdmas.com/corals/24.php
5 Austera http://sdmas.com/corals/10.php