Can I get an ID?

[Big K]

Hello,

My wife and I have bought a reef setup and don't know what all the corals are. Think we can get some IDs?

#1

#2

#3

#4

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Waddi]

#1 GSP
#2 Pulsing Xenia
#3 Not 100% sure.
#4 Flowerpot Coral

Also below your Xenia looks to be a Majano nem, not great things.

 

[Big K]

Thanks Waddi!

But what's a "GSP"?

Is there a page I can look up acronyms/abbreviations?

 

[jcegt87]

GSP = Green Star Polyp

https://www.livingreefs.com/list-acronyms-t25561.html

if its not in here just ask and well help :D

 

[little_fish]

I think #3 is a tublerina or a cup coral

 

[Waddi]

+1 To Fish and Jce.
Sorry couldnt get back to ya quicker, was at work. :p

 

[ErinCahir]

+1 To Fish and Jce.
Sorry couldnt get back to ya quicker, was at work. :p

You have a JOB? :razz:

 

[Waddi]

Im a lumberjack!
No joke....

 

[bjohanson1234]

In fact, here he is at work!!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo]Lumberjack Song - Monty Python - YouTube[/ame]

Thanks for posting a video of you at work :mrgreen:

 

[Waddi]

I had that one coming... Hahaha

 

[Salty B]

Can you get a better pic of the base of the xenias? Looks like you might have some pest majano anemones. They gotta go.

 

[Bifferwine]

Those are definitely majanos. You have to kill them. They will spread and multiply quickly, and will sting and kill corals that they touch. You should use Aiptasia X on them to kill them. You can get that at your LFS.

 

[Big K]

Got some today in fact! Will be eradicating them shortly.

Funny thing, I saw one in my LFS coral display tank when I picked up my X.

 

[Big K]

OK I got a better shot of #3:

 

[Big K]

One more:

This one had fallen over in the previous owners tank and some of it is dead. Three stalks are coming back though, with one tiny one branching out of it as well!:bounce:

Can I get an ID on this one so I can research it's care and hopefully nurse it back to health? It looks like a bubble coral but I haven't seen any on these stalks before.

 

[little_fish]

That is a hammer coral, easy to care for and should bounce back. The other coral is still a cup coral

 

[Big K]

OK cool, thanks LF!

 

[Bifferwine]

I agree with Hannah. :)