Anyone able to ID these corals?
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Sharkbait19
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1 and 2 - Monti cap
3 - could be galaxea or gsp - does it have a hard skeleton or more of a purple base
4 - Maybe blasto
5 - Maybe chalice
6 - Zoa
7 - torch
8 - Maybe birdsnest
9 - Not sure
10 - Maybe chalice
3 - could be galaxea or gsp - does it have a hard skeleton or more of a purple base
4 - Maybe blasto
5 - Maybe chalice
6 - Zoa
7 - torch
8 - Maybe birdsnest
9 - Not sure
10 - Maybe chalice
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Sharkbait19
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Maybe - could also be a shroom.
Does it have a skeleton or fleshy throughout?
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ekandler
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1- red montipora cap
2- green montipora cap
3- likely GSP
4- hard to tell. Small polyps but looks like a blasto, could also be a closed goniopora
5- fruity pebbles encrusting montipora
6- some coloration of zoa
7- some type of euphyllia. Doesn’t look like a torch to me, maybe a longer tentacle variant of hammer. Maybe a torch though.
8- birds of paradise birdsnest
9- looks like a green stylophora
10- looks like a closed polyp spongodes montipora
2- green montipora cap
3- likely GSP
4- hard to tell. Small polyps but looks like a blasto, could also be a closed goniopora
5- fruity pebbles encrusting montipora
6- some coloration of zoa
7- some type of euphyllia. Doesn’t look like a torch to me, maybe a longer tentacle variant of hammer. Maybe a torch though.
8- birds of paradise birdsnest
9- looks like a green stylophora
10- looks like a closed polyp spongodes montipora
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encrustingacro
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1 and 2 are montiporas, but definitely not montipora caps. From what I know, there are almost no true capricornus in this hobby, and what we call montipora capricornus is actually other plating species of montipora.
3 looks like GSP. They grow like weeds and can take over your tank very quickly.
4 is either a goniopora minor or bernardpora. Both look very similar to each other.
5 is an encrusting montipora.
6 is a zoanthid.
7 is probably a torch (euphyllia glabrascens), but some of the tentacles are split, so it could be a frogspawn (fimbriaphyllia divisa/paradivisa).
8 is a birdsnest (seriatopora).
9 looks like a stylophora.
10 looks like a montipora.
3 looks like GSP. They grow like weeds and can take over your tank very quickly.
4 is either a goniopora minor or bernardpora. Both look very similar to each other.
5 is an encrusting montipora.
6 is a zoanthid.
7 is probably a torch (euphyllia glabrascens), but some of the tentacles are split, so it could be a frogspawn (fimbriaphyllia divisa/paradivisa).
8 is a birdsnest (seriatopora).
9 looks like a stylophora.
10 looks like a montipora.
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ekandler
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Maybe the torch, but doubt it. It’s not a requirement to have a coral your clowns will host to have a clownfish. I’ve seen them host meat corals like lobos/trachys or long tentacle euphyllia if you have them in a tank without anemones. I’ve also seen people keep clownfish in tanks with anemones that they won’t host…
all that to say, if your goal is to have clownfish host something, an anemone is what you should get. Even then, it’s not guaranteed that they’ll host an anemone without some assistance. As for any other coral, I wouldn’t buy something with the plan of a clown hosting it. It could happen, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
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Sharkbait19
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My clown is hosted by my torch, but I don’t really recommend this pairing because torches are sensitive and can be killed by it.
Just about everything has a report of clowns living in it, but most are pretty rare.
Just about everything has a report of clowns living in it, but most are pretty rare.
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