Need two IDs

rbrusletto · #1 01/04/2008, 01:59 PM

I've had both of these for a while now, both are happy and almost always out... I have yet to find out what these are, as I couldn't get any good pics... these arent half bad..

First:

Second(color is actually pink, not orangish):

Ideas on what they are?

rbrusletto · #2 01/04/2008, 02:00 PM

i might add I know the toadstool in front of the second one.. I'm talking about the one behind it

Anemone · #3 01/04/2008, 02:02 PM

Goniopora/alveopora. Without looking it up, I can't remember the difference in tentacle numbers to tell you which is which, but I'm leaning toward alveo #1 and goni #2.

Kevin

TheMcs · #4 01/04/2008, 02:03 PM

alveopora = 12
goniopora = 24

rbrusletto · #5 01/04/2008, 02:06 PM

See thats why I was wondering.. unless I'm counting wrong, on the first one, I count 8 per..

The pink one has more tentacles that the green/blue.. thats for sure.. different shape too obviously.

bkmorris · #6 01/04/2008, 03:27 PM

first one def. alveopora, second one goniopora. nice pieces, good luck and try to feed them frequently.

otiso777 · #7 01/04/2008, 04:47 PM

Yep I count 12 on the first one. Can't make out the second one but it's more than 12.

Check out this site for info:
http://goniopora.org/

Ludwigia73 · #8 01/05/2008, 07:10 AM

Gonios are a little harder to keep than alveo... they like medium flow, but random. In other words, they like to swirl and wave around a bit, but not violently. Also feeding is pretty simple if you can find roti-rich. A couple of years ago, Jen-N-Kerry on here (hopefully I got their screen name right) was doing a study on them, and actually had gonios reproducing, and they were able to bring them back from near death using this stuff. It's a great filter feeding food. All my alveos grew nicely with basic feedings targeting other corals, and had awesome color.