Identify Please

[dvbrien]

I am assuming this is an SPS, But I am looking to identify its type and name. Brownish purple, it will send out some long sweepers in search for food. Usually its pretty furry.

The other is a birds net... Maybe hard to see in the picture but the flesh it a faded neon green, polyps are purple, Tips are white unlike Birds of Paradise.
Also would like to identify its name...

 

[Fishfinder]

It looks like it might be a hydnophora

 

[DSC reef]

1,3- leptoseris
2,4- seriatopora hystix (birdsnest)

 

[ndrwater]

Actually thinking #1 might be Pavona. I have some in my small tank. Looks just like it

 

[Hemmdog]

+1 for pavona

 

[DSC reef]

Actually thinking #1 might be Pavona. I have some in my small tank. Looks just like it

Technically were both right. :D I agree, I'd call it pavona.

https://reefs.com/2017/06/14/pavona-leptoseris-dang-coral/

 

[ndrwater]

Link doesn't work unfortunately

 

[DSC reef]

Link doesn't work unfortunately

I just noticed. Pavona has a more hairy appearance than leptoseris but both of the family agariciidae. I get them mixed up a lot, lol

 

[dvbrien]

Thank You Guys.. So are these 2 other types of Pavona? top left never looks like the bottom right and neither of them ever get hairy like the puple colored coral.

 

[dvbrien]

couple other pictures of them.

 

[DSC reef]

Those look like leptoseris. Both require same care. Low to medium light, low to medium indirect flow.

 

[29bonsaireef]

couple other pictures of them.

Looks like potato chip coral. Think it is some type of Pavona as well.

 

[Softhammer]

100% it’s a pavona decusatta. Make sure you really really like that coral. They grow crazy fast and have become invasive and destructive in my tank. They can send sweepers up to 6 inches and will sting almost anything and win. They’re cool at first but be forewarned.

 

[dvbrien]

Can you kill it off by smothering it with shade? Thanks for the ID!

 

[Softhammer]

Stunt it’s growth yes but the only way I have controlled it is with epoxy or kalkwasser paste and either one of those is only temporary.

 

[dvbrien]

Anyone know what this is? It's like a burgundy crimson red with bright yellow polyps...

 

[DSC reef]

I'd say lithophyllon

 

[Softhammer]

Lithophyllon is a free living plate coral.

 

[DSC reef]

Heres a couple of lithophyllon frags and you can compare for yourself. They can be fragged even though they are a free living plate coral.