coral IDs

[kotu100]

just picked up some premium live rock and it has some corals on it. i did some looking around but couldnt find any matches.

 

[JohnK]

#1 is a bubble tip anemone or a manjo anemone. BTA good, manjo bad. If it's under 2" it's surely a manjo and is best killed.

#2 is a hairy mushroom. Desirable, but can also sting some corals.

#3, ?. Sort of looks like pocillipora, but it looks like it's just encrusting whereas pocillipora generally starts branching almost right away. Is it hard or soft? Does it look the same all the time, or does it have tentacles that come out but retract if disturbed?

 

[kotu100]

#1 is small, about 2-3" when open but when it closes its no bigger than an inch. ill try to get a better pic.
#2 thanks!
#3 its hard, so far i havent seen any tentacles, and it looks the same all the time.

 

[rfkeeper55]

Can I ask where you got the Live Rock?

 

[JohnK]

Can I ask where you got the Live Rock?

I was going to ask the same thing.

If it came out of a running reef system, pocillipora is a lot more likely than if it's imported LR.

 

[kotu100]

local in brockton, his SN on here is maurod, hes got some coral fs and more live rock. i believe hes breaking down a 90g well established tank.

 

[JohnK]

PM Mauro and ask him. Ask if he's got pocillipora settling from polyp bailout or even random accidential frags. Also ask if he's got BTA splits wandering around.

 

[kotu100]

looks like its a green BTA according to Mauro.

 

[JohnK]

I'd trust what he says. Score for you

 

[JayM]

I was going to say I had never seen a bubble tip looking mojano.

and I have seen a LOT of them

you got some terrific rock there.....