My 75 Gallons Tank (still in the works)

[jolt26]

[christian]

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[christian]

[AquariaTech]

[christian]

yeah got some 0-50 microns ba yun... thanks pugo...

[christian]

after two to three weeks of tlc... here are some of the corals that are doing great sa aquarium ko.... still unknown kung ano sila... so please help me identify... thanks

im not sure if this is an sps.... kasi meron syang velvet like texture and when i touch it... all the velvet texture will become polyps... i hope sps nga... color brownish na sya ngaun... yun bago sya medyo nag blebleach out... but when i move it up and find a good flow spot... naging ok na sila at naging ganto.. i hope matulungan nyo ako maidentify ito... TIA.





dalawang stem yan.... i just took the picture ng isa lang kasi yun isa medyo super lakas ng light so medyo pangit tignan sa picture... maybe i should learn how to use my camera... hahaha

another unknown sps ata... i tot at first its just an ordinary rock na nakasama sa mga corals ko but when looking closely... marami ito polyps na may velvet like structure ulit... i hope makita nyo sa picture ko... hehehe... TIA again...



thanks again... yun mga ibang corals ko try ko picturan ulit... yun two cup corals ko na sps are doing a OK... super lakas gumalaw whenever i put golden pearls sa water... hehehe... tapos my acans are doing a OK din pala... yun dating nag bleach out... nag balik na color nya.. color orange pala sya with bluish white sa gitna under mh lighting... the other acan is color green with orange sa borders.. tapos my brain is going back to its original color na medyo bluish white na sya... hope to take some pictures of them...

Thanks again for viewing...

[darklianangels]

[darklianangels]

[manmarine]

[christian]

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[philaquarist]

Hi Christian,

your query about your coral ID got my juices going. So whether you like it or not, here are some more bits of info (useful or otherwise)...


The coral skeleton above IMHO is that of a Galaxea (another beginner's SPS). You also had another picture (the last one?) of a similar morphology. IME please do not throw those skeletons away. They may be alive. Keep them under strong lighting. Galaxea skeletons have a creepy habit of regenerating their polyps after several weeks/months of appearing to be dead! Once it starts regrowing, there is no stopping it. This is relatively easy coral to maintain. So if you have the tank space, what do you have to lose?


IMHO this is a dead skeleton of a Pectinia (probably Pectinia Paeonia, the lettuce coral). Sayang, this would have been a beautiful coral.



It it rigid, as a hard coral is? That would rule out any corallimorph or sponge. But I don't think this is Turbinaria. While shaped like the laminar "cup" morph of Turbinaria Peltata, the polyp structure, the bladelike septa, the tentacle shape, and the presence of a central "mouth" seems to indicate otherwise. My educated guess is a species of Fungia or similar plate coral species (Heliofungia or Halomitra). My only problem is that the baliktad shape! I've never seen a Fungid coral that is concave (shaped like a cup), rather than convex (although nothing says that it can't be like that). Is it still alive? If it survives, I would be interested to know about your success in keeping it, especially its feeding habits.


Hope that helped....

Phil

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