Coral ID Parade

ander88

ander88

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Hi Guys,
Can anyone help me identify all these corals I have collected now.

Number 1
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Number 2
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Number 3
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Number 4
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Number 5
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Number 6
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Number 7
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Number 8
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Number 9
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Number 10
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Number 11

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Number 12

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This is what I think they are:

Number 1 - ??
Number 2 - ??
Number 3 - Discoma Mushrooms
Number 4 - Zoa Colonie
Number 5 - Discoma Mushrooms
Number 6 - Zoa Colonie
Number 7 - Finger Leather
Number 8 - ?? Leather
Number 9 - Florida Anenome
Number 10 - Sponge
Number 11 - Sea Squirt
Number 12 - ?? Leather

These are just from what I have found on the internet and what the clueless LFS has been able to tell me.

Thanks in advance, Michael
 
1 - Finger Leather
2 - Finger Leather
4 - Sun Polyps
7 - Devils Hand Leather
8 - Toadstool Leather
9 - Condylactus Anemone
11 - Tunicate (sea squirt)
12 - Closed up Toadstool leather
 
Ace25 said:
1 - Finger Leather
2 - Finger Leather
4 - Sun Polyps
7 - Devils Hand Leather
8 - Toadstool Leather
9 - Condylactus Anemone
11 - Tunicate (sea squirt)
12 - Closed up Toadstool leather
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Hi Ace, thanks for that. The ones you havnt ID was I correct with my ID?

Also the finger leathers, are there diff types that require diff paras or do the group of them require the same paras?
 
Finger leathers come in 1000 different types and can go by several different names. Some stores would even call the first 2 "colt corals".

Yes, the ones I didn't name you had correct. And DoctaQ is correct, leathers all need around the same type of water parameters and are quite hardy and adaptable.
 
They intertwine so much and vary so much it is sometimes hard to distinguish. To me, a colt coral has a softer body and will go completely limp if you remove the flow, like a blown up balloon deflating, where as leathers have a stiffer base and they usually just retract the polyps and shrivel up, but not slump over like a deflated balloon.
 
Ahright I see, Number 8 Does that when it doesnt have flow. It flops over but also shrivels up at the same time. Not sure if its just the size of it when its fully open
 
That could be just from the weight of the "toadstool" compared to the base that it flops over. It could also be a "Thick Finger leather", again variations and what people call them run all over the place, so just "leather" is the safest thing to calll them. :)
 
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