Got some new corals. Any ideas?

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I picked up a few new soft corals and was wondering if anyone could help me with a little identification.
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I'm not sure what any of these guys are. I tried searching for some similar ones but I just don't know for sure. I think the tall star ones are some sort of Clavularia and I thought the green ones were some type of leather.


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I know the one on the back of this one is a Kenyan Tree and I'm 95% sure the zoas are Eagle Eye. (please correct me if I'm wrong) but I'm not sure what the little purple patches are.
 
Try to get a close up of the purple patches, to me it looks like purple clove polyps. If it is, then take it out of your tank right away, they will spread and quickly conquer your tank.
 
Try to get a close up of the purple patches, to me it looks like purple clove polyps. If it is, then take it out of your tank right away, they will spread and quickly conquer your tank.
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This was as good as I can get.
After looking it up, I think you may be right.
I'll be needing that gone..
 
Sorry but it looks like cloves to me, maybe someone can second that. I've been fighting those things for a year and they win, I'll do a rip clean on my tank next week. You really don't want those in your tank.
 
Sorry but it looks like cloves to me, maybe someone can second that. I've been fighting those things for a year and they win, I'll do a rip clean on my tank next week. You really don't want those in your tank.
Thanks for the heads up on those!
 
Yes.. no question those are purple clove polyps. Terrible foe. I waited after seeing some in my tank and put it off... finally had to rip out 1/3 of my rock work and replace with new rock. Not a fun experience. Here are what mine looked like.

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