ID Help

mjszos · Sep 12, 2021

Hi all,

Picked up a few frags on Friday, but I'm truthfully looking to confirm the information... Photos attached:

I'm fairly confident the red one is a mushroom, the blue/orange one is a blasto, and I believe the 3rd and smallest is an Acan... But I'm not confident in that as I don't really see sweepers. Bonus photo of a zoa that I picked up included as well - I wish I had a filter lens I could clip onto my phone to pick up the colors, they're incredible it's pink, purple, and green. Have never seen another one like it.

Thanks in advance for any guidance, hoping to learn as much as I can to start helping rather than asking for help

vetteguy53081 · Sep 12, 2021

Hard to tell as lighting is extremely blue
Please retake under white light

mjszos · Sep 13, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Hard to tell as lighting is extremely blue
Please retake under white light

Sorry about that - I find the ReefBeat app to be pretty spotty, so I tend to not mess with my settings. Here's a few photos I took this morning before lights on.

Side note: I have a newfound respect for everyone getting these money shots of their corals in the tank - it's not easy!

Greatly appreciate you taking the time to look, and I truly apologize for the washed out original photos.

vetteguy53081 · Sep 13, 2021

#1- acan bowerbanki
#2- ricordia mushroom
#4&5- acan

mjszos · Sep 13, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
#1- acan bowerbanki
#2- ricordia mushroom
#4&5- acan

Awesome! I'm a little taken back by the Ricordia. I wasn't aware they could grow so "smooth" - you can see a glimpse of a rainbow ricordia in the back of pic #1, I would have assumed they all had that same "bubbly" appearance similar to a yuma.

Greatly appreciate your time, and again apologize for the crummy first batch of photos. Enjoy your day!

vetteguy53081 · Sep 13, 2021

mjszos said:
Awesome! I'm a little taken back by the Ricordia. I wasn't aware they could grow so "smooth" - you can see a glimpse of a rainbow ricordia in the back of pic #1, I would have assumed they all had that same "bubbly" appearance similar to a yuma.

Greatly appreciate your time, and again apologize for the crummy first batch of photos. Enjoy your day!

Discosoma are one of the smooth ones