Stocking and advice in general

[kingranch2003]

I think it is a hydnophora, which has sweepers. Think of it as a fuzzy pectinia.

Im still leaning pavona on this one. It's not as branching as hydnophora and the polyp density tracts, but this is a close one. I could certainly be wrong.

 

[NeMoo]

Goni.

Alveopora have 12 "lashes" per polyp and Gonis have 24. Alveopora are also usually thicker lashes - short and kinda of stubby.

That second and third picture show a longer lash on at least one polyp. My old Gonis that had those were usually my more aggressive ones.

Thank you,! not that it matters much but was sold to me as alveopora and I was leaning toward it being a goni

 

[Kasrift]

Im still leaning pavona on this one. It's not as branching as hydnophora and the polyp density tracts, but this is a close one. I could certainly be wrong.

Could be right, it isn't super branchy. I didn't realize pavona had sweepers until I just searched. Learn something knew about coral every day.

 

[NeMoo]

Also found another one of the bigger colonies I grabbed has sweepers, should probably be careful where I'm putting these

 

[tbrown]

Could be right, it isn't super branchy. I didn't realize pavona had sweepers until I just searched. Learn something knew about coral every day.

Mine has nasty sweepers sometimes. When I had it in the 125 it would put out 2"+ sweepers at times.

 

[kingranch2003]

Could be right, it isn't super branchy. I didn't realize pavona had sweepers until I just searched. Learn something knew about coral every day.

It's what makes this hobby so much fun! Here's someone asking a question and we're all just trying to help :)

I can absolutely see why.you considered hydnophora

 

[NeMoo]

Plan on re arranging rocks next and finding permanent homes for everything to grow!!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Plan on re arranging rocks next and finding permanent homes for everything to grow!!

Do you have an idea of how you want to do your aquascape differently?

 

[tbrown]

Plan on re arranging rocks next and finding permanent homes for everything to grow!!

Picture #3 (possibly the same as the one with sweepers in a previous photo?) appears to be Echinopora Lamellosa which is fairly aggressive chalice coral. I keep my Hollywood Stunner Chalice down in a front corner of the tank on the sand bed. It grows fast and sends out sweepers. Very aggressive, always hungry.

 

[NeMoo]

Do you have an idea of how you want to do your aquascape differently?

I would like to form some kind of arch possibly but definitely want to spread it out now that I have both lights mounted

 

[NeMoo]

Picture #3 (possibly the same as the one with sweepers in a previous photo?) appears to be Echinopora Lamellosa which is fairly aggressive chalice coral. I keep my Hollywood Stunner Chalice down in a front corner of the tank on the sand bed. It grows fast and sends out sweepers. Very aggressive, always hungry.

That was my first photo of it however thank you for specific id, I do believe that is what it is, and It's super bright colored.

 

[NeMoo]

I'm not sure what the other one is either though, I'll try to post on it later I do have quite a few in unsure of what they are exactly

 

[NeMoo]

This is the one I posted after pavona with sweepers

 

[tbrown]

This is the one I posted after pavona with sweepers

Kinda looks like a Leptastrea in one picture but I'm leaning more towards Favites.

 

[NeMoo]

I honestly didn't ask what they were, as I shared my LFS shut down and I picked up the big pavona and the other two that are similar but all three big solid colonies for 100 bucks, still sad he's closing. Here's a top pic you can see it's the orange one green one on the same level as the pavona

 

[NeMoo]

Possibly?
The orange one is fluffy short polyps haven't seen sweepers on it yet

 

[tbrown]

Possibly?
The orange one is fluffy short polyps haven't seen sweepers on it yet

Porites are smaller polyps. The last picture in the first post is reminiscent of a Porites.

That's either a Favites or similar based on the polyp size. Growth pattern almost had me thinking Styloconiella, but again the polyp size is too big.

 

[NeMoo]

So two variations of

Kinda looks like a Leptastrea in one picture but I'm leaning more towards Favites.

I was browsing and found leptastria online and looks almost identical to the orange one in back, though I'm just guessing on looks. Other one does kinda seem like a favorite! Thank you for iding all these Tbrown! I didn't realize how many sub genus there are when you first said favorite I was thinking favia.

 

[tbrown]

So two variations of

I was browsing and found leptastria online and looks almost identical to the orange one in back, though I'm just guessing on looks. Other one does kinda seem like a favorite! Thank you for iding all these Tbrown! I didn't realize how many sub genus there are when you first said favorite I was thinking favia.

I know just enough to get myself in trouble. We've got some serious pros on this forum when it comes to IDing corals.

 

[NeMoo]

I know just enough to get myself in trouble. We've got some serious pros on this forum when it comes to IDing corals.

Tbrown help lol I should've known I would have a battle somewhere with all these new corals. I don't have a quarantine tank so I floated it in a glass bowl.