Stumped on this ID??

MK Reefer · #1 03/15/2006, 09:09 PM

Can' figure out the ID on 2 of the pieces pictured below. One is a yellow milli, the other is some type of monti but I don't know which kind and the other red one in the background is a complete mystery.

Any help would be great.

Mike

Kip · #2 03/15/2006, 09:25 PM

a. millepora
m. nodosa

pretty sure on the first... 2nd one... lots of encrusting monti's it could be.

fishypets · #3 03/15/2006, 10:09 PM

I'll second Kip,

Both are very nice. Where did you get them?

BTW I have a bright orange nodosa and it is a pretty slow grower.

MK Reefer · #4 03/15/2006, 10:14 PM

I got it from this place...

www.wheresthereef.ca

Mike

fishypets · #5 03/15/2006, 10:17 PM

Nice score

RCS · #6 03/15/2006, 10:47 PM

Any chance on a clearer pick of the red one if you're trying to id it? Looks like it could be a Cyphastrea or perhaps an Echinophyllia...but it's hard to tell with the blurriness.

joetbs · #7 03/16/2006, 01:01 AM

Good eye RCS, it does look like Cyphastrea. I would rule out Echinophyllia due to the size of the corallites in relation to the Millepora.

joe

ViPeR_930 · #8 03/16/2006, 01:32 AM

The one in the background is a Cyphastrea, but it's an LPS.

RCS · #9 03/16/2006, 10:31 AM

It's a little hard to tell with the red one in the background. I don't know if the scale is correct or if it's a trick of the eye/camera. If it's scale, then I'd definitely stick with Cyphastrea.

ClownReef® · #10 03/16/2006, 10:59 AM

Third pic..IMO..Porites murrayensis .

Sk8r · #11 03/16/2006, 11:39 AM

The yellow looks for all the world like green bali slimer (a. youngeii). They can range from that color to deep green depending on lighting. I have one that's it's twin, and if that's what it is, they grow fast and spread out and up like a candelabra.

twon8 · #12 03/16/2006, 11:46 AM

i am pretty sure its a a. millepora, not a yongei. My green slimer is greener than that, and the polyps are different. This one has scaled corralites.

Kip · #13 03/16/2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by iReef69
Third pic..IMO..Porites murrayensis .

good call... very well could be a porites

thereefgeek · #14 03/16/2006, 01:13 PM

OK, here's my votes since everyone seems to disagree on one or another.
Milli
Porites
Cyphastrea

MK Reefer · #15 03/16/2006, 01:49 PM

Wow.. Thanks for all the responses guys.... I really appreciate it

You guys rock

Mike

ClownReef® · #16 03/16/2006, 02:41 PM

Not at all, thank you..i like "guess the coral"..lol..although sometimes i have trouble with mine..Glad i could help

thereefgeek · #17 03/16/2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by iReef69
...i like "guess the coral"...

I like that Cyphastrea! Crazy red color!

Chrismo · #18 04/26/2006, 12:32 AM

I've seen a lot of Cyphastria in the toronto stores lately. Nice looking, but I didnt know much about it.

Anyone know how hardy it is? Hows yours doing MK Reefer?

Chris

ReeferMonkey · #19 04/26/2006, 09:59 AM

I don't think the 3rd pic is a porites, I've seen a lot of etailers selling plating montporas that are mounted like that.

Dr. JMadscientist · #20 04/26/2006, 05:26 PM

Im pretty sure its a porites. They are selling them as cultured discs. I'd take a pic of mine, but I dont have a camera right now. The cultured pieces have either red, purple or white polyps.