Torch coral Identification

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Can anyone help with identification of some LPS torch corals - the pictures have been taken under strong blue LED lighting and the camera used is decent and gives colours super close to visually seen colours.

These corals have been imported from Indonesia 3 weeks ago so colours are not fully out. They are currently under 200Par Radion xr30 pro gen5

There is too many names for the different varieties and I would like to get any "original" names for these

Any information of how these are identified would be truly amazing, I have tried to get there bases tentacle's and tips into each picture.

Many thanks in advance

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Vandy - Thanks for the input, I thought 1 would be a hell fire that hasn't coloured up yet but i believe it is supposed to have green in the top of the tentacles?, 2 strikes me as a 24K gold although i haven't seen them with a green base before? 3 i think is a dragon soul, 4 i thought may also be a dragon soul that is trying to get the yellows to pop
 

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I hope this is the right location to post this

Can anyone help with identification of some LPS torch corals - the pictures have been taken under strong blue LED lighting and the camera used is decent and gives colours super close to visually seen colours.

These corals have been imported from Indonesia 3 weeks ago so colours are not fully out. They are currently under 200Par Radion xr30 pro gen5

There is too many names for the different varieties and I would like to get any "original" names for these

Any information of how these are identified would be truly amazing, I have tried to get there bases tentacle's and tips into each picture.

Many thanks in advance

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My guesses

1) colored down Indo gold
2) 24k
3) dragon soul
4) could be hellfire
5) dragon tamer
 
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@VintageReefer thanks for the above this is great and aligning somewhat to what i was thinking although being new to these species and in England everyone wants to call it something different, is there a clear way of identifying a dragon soul and a hellfire? If i put what i think is the dragon soul side by side with a hell fire and the only difference I can tell at the moment is one have a purple/what base and the other is purple/green, the one with the purple/white base is actually more yellow /orange that the other

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The names get mixed up a lot. Vendors throw names out to try and get the most money they can. There is a difference. Hellfire is more of a neon yellowish-green with green tip. It is a brighter overall color. It has a darker center. The tentacles tend to become solid vs carrying a purple stripe all the way.

This is hellfire

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Left is dragon soul and right is hellfire
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Hellfire top
Dragon soul bottom
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Hellfire left
Dragon soul right

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Dragon tamer
I only have a baby head of dragon tamer at the moment. They don’t have purple. It’s green core and they carry the green along the tentacle. They are more of a bold yellow like a banana torch and not a neon yellow or gold
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Do they look like these in person ?
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