I finally got some decent pics - names would be nice

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by bawest, Mar 24, 2008.

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  1. bawest

    bawest Fire Worm

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    Here are my pics of the tank. I'm not really sure of the actual names for these corals, but they look good to me. (atleast the pics finally turned out nice)

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  3. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Corals in the first pic look to be zoanthids and a toadstool coral.

    Second pic, more zoanthids and some type of leather coral (hard to tell as it's shrunken up in that picture).

    Third pic, more zoanthids, what looks to be an encrusting goniopora or alveopora and what looks to be a frogspawn (nice tangs by the way).

    Fourth pic, more zoanthids and also some palythoas.
     
  4. italymanru

    italymanru Astrea Snail

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    second pic looks like a kenya tree
     
  5. bawest

    bawest Fire Worm

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    What's the difference between Zoanthids and palythoas?
     
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    bawest Fire Worm

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    3rd actually has starbursts..... they're just closed.
     
  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Great pics, The 2nd pics looks more like a montipora coral aka "superman" coral
     
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  9. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    The main characteristic differences are appearance. Paly's have pointy skirts where zoa's have rounded almost bubbletip like. Palys are larger in size when full grown. Its become a trend lately to call zoanthus gigantus species palys when in fact they are not. Thats one of my pet peeves, lol. Palys are often referred to as sand polyps because they take in sand (no known reason why) where as zoa's do not. Palys cannot get zoa pox, thats limited to zoa's. Hope this helps...

    The last pic, the brown and green with the pointy skirt are palys, the others are zoa's.
     
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