Coral ID help Please

[reefm@ster]

I got these as a gift. Can someone help me ID

 

29gal AGA sumpless

CPR Bakpak2 Skimmer

2 Maxijet 900 Powerheads

2x 65watt and 2x 55 watt PCs (240 watts total)

4" DSB

40lbs of live rock

 

 

Coral #1

 

These polyps are not attached to each other. They have individual "sockets" in a stony skeleton

[reefm@ster]

Coral #2

 

I saw a picture at Marinedepot that looked very similar. It is identified as Merulina sp.

 

http://www.marinedepotlive.com/1165134.html

 

Can someone please help me verify what it is

[NanoReefer53]

I forgot the name of the first coral but the second one is a Hydnophora. Under bright lighting they should be a very nice green color.

[anthony812]

i believe the first picture is a Daisy polyp coral, similar to a flower pot coral...

[printerdown01]

Yup looks like coral #1 is probably a gonipora sp. OUCH!

*after though: is it possible that it might be a rare form of organ pipe coral?? Sometimes they produce polyps that look like gonipora.....

[anthony812]

i have the exact smae ones in my tank..its a type of branching gonipora sp. and i believe the common name is Daisy polyp coral..

[Mr_Spam]

first one is not a goiniopora rather an aveopora. i dont know what the second one is.

[Jefe12234]

The first one is Alveopora. It can be indentified by the fact that it has 12 tentacles on each polyp. I can't tell what the second pic is. A closer shot of the corallites and polyps would be helpful.

 

-Chris

[Sahin]

While I cant ID these, I must say they are very good looking corals.