Lately I'm getting really into these guys, but it can be very difficult to tell what is what. Cyphastrea which I've had for a long time, I recently got a stylocoeniella and to me anyway the polyps of what I've always thought was porites looks very similar although bigger polyps. Also this completely different porites which is maybe a different species. Unfortunately I don't currently have a macro lens so I can't get super clear polyp shots. Maybe it doesn't really matter what is what but I would like to get better at identifying them, also know what species is what may help with placement and having them touch ect.
I have seen and looked at various threads here and other places. Is there somewhere that I can look at all these different polyps in one spot so I can have an easier time telling which ones are which?
This first one was sold as porites, the first picture is the colony and the second picture is a frag I made. The frag always looks fuzzy where as the colony doesn't extend polyps much past where the picture is. Maybe I should have cropped the frag pic more but ignore the pocillipora to the left.
Not sure about this orange one.
The purple one is stylocoeniella, at least what is sold as "Electric Daisy Stylo".
Finally to add to the possible educational value and to illustrate the difficulty in identifying these species here is classic meteor shower cyphastrea.
I have seen and looked at various threads here and other places. Is there somewhere that I can look at all these different polyps in one spot so I can have an easier time telling which ones are which?
This first one was sold as porites, the first picture is the colony and the second picture is a frag I made. The frag always looks fuzzy where as the colony doesn't extend polyps much past where the picture is. Maybe I should have cropped the frag pic more but ignore the pocillipora to the left.
Not sure about this orange one.
The purple one is stylocoeniella, at least what is sold as "Electric Daisy Stylo".
Finally to add to the possible educational value and to illustrate the difficulty in identifying these species here is classic meteor shower cyphastrea.
