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jcurella
09/12/2012, 07:57 PM
Didn't know where to post this. I've only been in the hobby for a few years so I still consider myself a newbie. A buddy of mine sold me his tank. And there are a few species I don't recognize. We live in south west florida and he collected a lot of his own stuff. So I don't know if these came from a fish store or if he collected them himself. I'm keeping them in the tank he sold me until I find out what they are because I don't want to introduce anything dangerous to my "store only" tank that I have been running. There are a few different species here. Tried to take the best pics I could. I believe there is 3 different species here. The first pic has 4 that are round in shape with orange spots (the one to the right looks bleached, but I think it it the same species.) The second is flat, has a lavender color, and appears to be some sort of leather coral. Not sure about the 3rd it is also lavender but it is round and has lite spots and a texture to it. I took two pics of the third one because the first pic captured its color pretty well, and the second pic captured it's texture. Thanks for the help!


http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/jcurella/IMG_0817.jpg
http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/jcurella/IMG_0818.jpg
http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/jcurella/IMG_0826.jpg
http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/jcurella/IMG_0825.jpg

ajcanale
09/12/2012, 08:41 PM
Picture 1 somewhat appears to be very unhealthy montipora. 2 surely has to be some type of leather... no clue on 3/4

jcurella
09/13/2012, 05:09 PM
I was thinking the first one might be some sort of Favia from the gulf. I'm almost positive that my friend harvested this himself.