Coral ID help.

JenkinsThePole · 02/20/2018, 02:43 PM

I just got these guys today and I was curious if anyone knew what they were called. Also, what are the little orange/rust polyps on the base of the frag of the first pic?

AlSimmons · 02/20/2018, 02:46 PM

Those little orange polyps your seeing look like the remnants of a Montipora digitata coral. I'm not sure about the zoanthids though.

billdogg · 02/20/2018, 05:34 PM

They are all zoanthid sp. The names are arbitrarily made up solely for marketing purposes.

Anemone · 02/20/2018, 10:39 PM

Yep, all zoanthids.

Kevin

JenkinsThePole · 02/22/2018, 09:41 PM

Thanks for the replies! I knew they were all zoanthids but I was curious if there was any common marketing names for them. Some of the names are quite interesting (ex. Gorilla Nipples lol...)

AlSimmons · 02/23/2018, 11:12 AM

Yeah, some of those names are a little ridiculous, but the ones that are "on the level" so to say do help distinguish one Zoanthid from the other.

http://zoaid.org/gmedia-gallery/zoanthidae/

Colts95 · 02/26/2018, 10:41 PM

I dont know what this is and today it has swollen to twice that size. Is this a bad thing

Colts95 · 02/26/2018, 10:50 PM

Any help with the id is appreciated also if anyone knows why it has swollen that would also help.

kingfish22 · 02/26/2018, 11:01 PM

that's a lps coral looks like a variety of open brain coral the swelling is it opening up.

Colts95 · 02/26/2018, 11:45 PM

Thanks for the help so i guess its ok that its swelling. That makes me feel better

homer1475 · 02/27/2018, 03:13 AM

Certainly not a zoa specialist by any means, but those look to be all black. Only ones I've seen that are black they call Darth Mauls.

Zoa names are a marketing gimmick to get people to buy the ultra rare neon orange super duper party popper zoas. With a name like that you can expect to pay 100$ a polyp. lmao

The funny thing is you can go to any number of different LFS's and see the same morph, yet it will have several different names and prices.

AlSimmons · 02/27/2018, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Colts95

Any help with the id is appreciated also if anyone knows why it has swollen that would also help.

It looks like a Favia or perhaps Favites. Something along those lines. The puffiness your seeing is usually an indication that the coral is happy IME. Not that it's sick or anything in the second one though. Inflating, deflating is just what they do.

02/20/2018, 05:34 PM	#3
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	They are all zoanthid sp. The names are arbitrarily made up solely for marketing purposes. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

02/20/2018, 10:39 PM	#4
Anemone Cloning Around Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Valencia, California Posts: 25,267	Yep, all zoanthids. Kevin __________________ Back in the pool, swimming with the sharks... Current Tank Info: Red Sea 425XL w/Kessil AP700, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 x Vortech MP40s

02/26/2018, 10:41 PM	#7
Colts95 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Memphis Posts: 6	can someone help me I dont know what this is and today it has swollen to twice that size. Is this a bad thing

02/26/2018, 11:45 PM	#10
Colts95 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Memphis Posts: 6	thank you Thanks for the help so i guess its ok that its swelling. That makes me feel better

02/27/2018, 03:13 AM	#11
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Certainly not a zoa specialist by any means, but those look to be all black. Only ones I've seen that are black they call Darth Mauls. Zoa names are a marketing gimmick to get people to buy the ultra rare neon orange super duper party popper zoas. With a name like that you can expect to pay 100$ a polyp. lmao The funny thing is you can go to any number of different LFS's and see the same morph, yet it will have several different names and prices. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

02/20/2018, 02:46 PM	#2
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Those little orange polyps your seeing look like the remnants of a Montipora digitata coral. I'm not sure about the zoanthids though.

02/22/2018, 09:41 PM	#5
JenkinsThePole Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 43	Thanks for the replies! I knew they were all zoanthids but I was curious if there was any common marketing names for them. Some of the names are quite interesting (ex. Gorilla Nipples lol...)

02/23/2018, 11:12 AM	#6
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Yeah, some of those names are a little ridiculous, but the ones that are "on the level" so to say do help distinguish one Zoanthid from the other. http://zoaid.org/gmedia-gallery/zoanthidae/

02/26/2018, 11:01 PM	#9
kingfish22 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 34	that's a lps coral looks like a variety of open brain coral the swelling is it opening up.