Two corals need ID

[Foxy-88]

I have 2 corals I need help identifying. The blue and orange one is supposedly a brain coral. I can't really tell and the the pink and blue is a favia but it looks like an acan to me. The both kind of do. Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Foxy-88]

Bump! Anyone??

 

[domination2580]

First one looks like a dragon soul favia but bleached...

 

[Foxy-88]

First one looks like a dragon soul favia but bleached...

It's actually pink and blue haha. I'll get a better picture

 

[Foxy-88]

Probably not better especially because I just cleaned the tank and ticked everything off [emoji28]

 

[LbulletM]

I think the second one is an Acan Echinata.

 

[Tahoe61]

I think the second one is an Acan Echinata.

^ Yup, a fairly aggressive LPS.

For the 1st I am leaning Favites vs Goniastrea with color loss typically caused by over illumination.

 

[Foxy-88]

I think the second one is an Acan Echinata.

I'd agree. The guy I bought it from i asked him when i bought it if it was and he was it came to me as a brain coral. I figured it was an acan though. An orange crush if I am not mistaken

 

[Foxy-88]

^ Yup, a fairly aggressive LPS.

For the 1st I am leaning Favites vs Goniastrea with color loss typically caused by over illumination.

The first one I'm agreeing is a favia. It looks bleached but it really isn't. It's one of the harder corals to get a good picture of in my tank because it's pink and blue. It's really cool looking actually my phone just sucks at taking pictures of it.

 

[LbulletM]

What phone do you have?

 

[Foxy-88]

What phone do you have?

S7

 

[Foxy-88]

It probably doesn't help taking pictures with the blue lights on either

 

[LbulletM]

S7

Nice. Go to your camera, click on modes or whatever it's called, click on pro mode.

Go to white balance, click on the "K" (it's for Kelvin), and move it all the way to 10000k. Then just play with your shutter speed (the fraction) and ISO and you'll be able to find a sweet spot for pictures. Faster shutter speed (bigger denominator) will give you a clearer picture of movement, but will be a darker picture. Higher ISO will also give you a brighter picture.

I usually run around 1/30 shutter speed unless trying to get a picture of moving fish, and then play with my ISO until the picture is bright enough. If I need to grab something that's moving, I'll max out my ISO and then adjust to as fast of a shutter speed as I can while still having a light enough picture.

Also, on my S6, I've noticed that the picture is usually a little brighter on my screen than in the gallery since the camera app changes my screen brightness to 100%.

 

[Foxy-88]

Nice. Go to your camera, click on modes or whatever it's called, click on pro mode.

Go to white balance, click on the "K" (it's for Kelvin), and move it all the way to 10000k. Then just play with your shutter speed (the fraction) and ISO and you'll be able to find a sweet spot for pictures. Faster shutter speed (bigger denominator) will give you a clearer picture of movement, but will be a darker picture. Higher ISO will also give you a brighter picture.

I usually run around 1/30 shutter speed unless trying to get a picture of moving fish, and then play with my ISO until the picture is bright enough. If I need to grab something that's moving, I'll max out my ISO and then adjust to as fast of a shutter speed as I can while still having a light enough picture.

Also, on my S6, I've noticed that the picture is usually a little brighter on my screen than in the gallery since the camera app changes my screen brightness to 100%.

Sweet thanks I'll check it out later today

 

[Foxy-88]

Nice. Go to your camera, click on modes or whatever it's called, click on pro mode.

Go to white balance, click on the "K" (it's for Kelvin), and move it all the way to 10000k. Then just play with your shutter speed (the fraction) and ISO and you'll be able to find a sweet spot for pictures. Faster shutter speed (bigger denominator) will give you a clearer picture of movement, but will be a darker picture. Higher ISO will also give you a brighter picture.

I usually run around 1/30 shutter speed unless trying to get a picture of moving fish, and then play with my ISO until the picture is bright enough. If I need to grab something that's moving, I'll max out my ISO and then adjust to as fast of a shutter speed as I can while still having a light enough picture.

Also, on my S6, I've noticed that the picture is usually a little brighter on my screen than in the gallery since the camera app changes my screen brightness to 100%.

I tried the pro mode on my phone. My pink favia is a little farther back in the tank put I got some good pictures of the acan hopefully these pictures can show the color

 

[LbulletM]

Yea, it's still tough when they're really far away or at an angle. That second picture looks great though! For closer corals, you can also use the macro mode under the option that probably says "Auto" with a picture of a mountain and a flower. Click on that option, slide to the flower, and then just move your phone forward or back until it's in focus and zoom for whatever you want in the frame. :-)

 

[Foxy-88]

Yea, it's still tough when they're really far away or at an angle. That second picture looks great though! For closer corals, you can also use the macro mode under the option that probably says "Auto" with a picture of a mountain and a flower. Click on that option, slide to the flower, and then just move your phone forward or back until it's in focus and zoom for whatever you want in the frame. :-)

I actually was trying that haha. I was shaking back and forth to bad and kept losing the focus. My girlfriend is actually a photographer and owns a Nikon 3200 dslr.

 

[LbulletM]

Hahaha well then what are you doing with your silly phone!

I'm guilty. I have a Canon t5i that I don't pull out nearly enough to justify what I spent on it.

 

[Foxy-88]

Hahaha well then what are you doing with your silly phone!

I'm guilty. I have a Canon t5i that I don't pull out nearly enough to justify what I spent on it.

I told her she needs to get some pictures for me. I would try but she would be the better one to use it haha