ID on 4 LPS I have.

MeanGreenStompa

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 21, 2020
Messages
73
Reaction score
43
Location
USA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Coral 1: always shruken, looks permanently unhappy.
20250425_055932.jpg


Coral 2: shown steady growth, about double when i got it last dec.

20250425_055852.jpg


Coral 3: I think this is Acan echinata, again doubled in size, never seen sweepers from it, but it stripped a chunk off a nearby cyphastrea.
20250425_060003.jpg


Coral 4: often has it's tentacles out early in the morning (as shown). Slow steady growth.
20250425_055832.jpg


I would greatly appreciate IDs on these corals.
I have 3 flame angels in that tank, any Lordhowensis I've put in there got reduced to nothing pretty fast. I also think that's whats happened to Coral 1, despite me never actually witnessing browsing by them. However I am now noticing that asterina with that streak of matching orange in it's flesh and wondering if that's what's happened instead?

IF coral 3 is an echinata, am I ok to put another echinata next to it or will they fight even amongst themselves?
 

thamnasteroid

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 24, 2020
Messages
3,518
Reaction score
2,890
Location
Washington State
Rating - 100%
1   0   0
1. Micromussa
2. either Platygyra or Paragoniastrea russelli
3. Acanthastrea
4. would need to see it closed up to tell; likely Paragoniastrea australensis

4 looks like oolophyllia
valley width is too small to be Oulophyllia

IF coral 3 is an echinata, am I ok to put another echinata next to it or will they fight even amongst themselves?
Yes, it is okay to put echinatas next to each other
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHAT AMOUNT OF LIVE ROCK AND SAND SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR OPTIMAL BIODIVERSITY/FILTRATION?

  • 100% live rock + bagged sand

    Votes: 38 27.3%
  • 100% dry rock + 100% live sand

    Votes: 47 33.8%
  • 50/50 live/dry rock, 50/50 live/bagged sand

    Votes: 30 21.6%
  • 75% live rock, 25% live sand

    Votes: 14 10.1%
  • 25% live rock, 75% live sand

    Votes: 10 7.2%
Back
Top