Caryl Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hi all. I have some pics from our club's tank parade but, as I am not a marine keeper, I cannot identify the foillowing fish, corals, enemones etc. Any help would be appreciated. Some pics will have 2 types of coral in them. The round blue things The anemone Any help would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 First coral looks like a brain coral. The 3rd pic down looks like devils hand. The black and white striped damsel fish would be a humbug damsel or 3 stripe I think. Guru's will correct me I am sure. That is about all I can help with. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I couldn't figure out if the 3 stripe and humbug were actually the same fish :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I think the humbug as 4 stripes. Not to sure if the tail is counted or not though. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I have spent ages going through sites trying to match scientific names to fish but some contradicted others (imagine that!) and I got lost :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Another hour and L.A. should be around to help you out. This is right up his ally :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 1) Brain Coral - favites spp or favia? 2) Ditto 3) Closed leather - Toadstool - Sarcophyton spp. 4) Pineapple coral - Caulastrea furcata 5) Mushrooms, zoos, and a piece of Euphilia. 6) Montipora Capricornis 7) Fish close to a Parazoanthus coral (i think) 8 ) Button Polyps - palythoa spp i think 9) Spine cheek or maroon Clown in an anenome 10) Sailfin Tang 11) humbug Damsel 12) Yellow Polyps - Parazoanthus gracilis My best guess's anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 1 brain coral with red mushrooms underneath and zoanthids to the left 3 looks like hairy mushrooms in the background 4 green candycane on right , zoanthids to left 5 blue mushrooms , zoanthids and other mushrooms fish is yellow tailed blue damsel(Chrysiptera parasema) far bottom hammer coral? -Euphyllia species 6 torch coral above plating montipora fish is blue or green chromis,Chromis viridis 8 finger leather and zoanthids asterina star fish visible on far right middle 9dont know what anemone that is but the fish are blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) maroon clown (Premnas biaculeatus) and green manderin i think (Synchiropus splendidus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 +1 to PP bubble-tip anemone? Entacmaea quadricolor, they come in a few colour morphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Many thanks. I would like to name things correctly if they end up in the AW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 1) Brain Coral - favites spp or favia? 7) Fish close to a Parazoanthus coral (i think) maybe a damsel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 More ID's please from patient salties... Common and scientific names if possible please. Both fish and corals, anemones etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni Common Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris Yellowtail Damselfish, Chrysiptera parasema Blue-green Chromis, Chromis viridis Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus and Copperband Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus. The coral that has the 'brain' look is a Favia sp. I think, and the green grassy ones are green star polyps. There are three very similar-looking species so I'm not sure of the latin name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Gee, and first reply is from a non saltie :gigl: Thanks Joe :thup: In the multi fish pic it was checking I had the right clownfish name and the stuff it is nestled into. Is it pineapple coral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Looks like a Hammer coral, Euphyllia parancora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 wow you know a lot for someone who doesn't do marine :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 How do you know he is correct? (That is a joke Joe!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 might not be a hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here's a pic off the net Looks like the stuff in Caryl's photo - green stalk thingies with purple blobs on the end. Still doesn't mean it definately is, but from what I can see it is most likely a hammer coral. Caryl do you have a larger pic or a close-up of it? wow you know a lot for someone who doesn't do marine :thup: I spend hours every week trolling through forums and looking at all aspects of reefkeeping as I would really like to get a reef. Particularly love of Nano-Reef.com :thup: I am no expert on the hobby, but I have an idea of the path I would take if I was to get a tank and I am becoming familier with some of the different corals and I have a list of the ones I would want to keep. The only thing stopping me from getting a reef tank is the initial cost of the setup and also the fact that I don't have a job and I'm earning bugger all money. Hopefully if I breed the Apistos in my biotope tank I might be able to raise a bit of cash... Also though I still need to buy a new main tank for my freshwater fish as I cracked the last one so I'm currently borrowing somebody's spare tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 i got my mum and dad into the hobby so they help pay that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirio Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Definitely a Euphyllia, but it could be a small "Frog spawn". But yeah, definitely a Euphyllia I would say. Edit : Euphyllia paradivisia (Frogspawn) Good chance of it being this also. But I can't be 100% certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I haven't got a better pic but it doesn't have green stalks, they are white stalks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I haven't got a better pic but it doesn't have green stalks, they are white stalks. Do these help with the ID, can see the base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirio Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 The stalk/base is typical of multiple species in the Euphyllia genus, and yeah. I think I'd go with a small frogspawn coral. - Euphyllia paradivisia The stalk in the picture I linked is probably green with just algae and other marine growth. The frogspawn frag I had looked just like the one you're trying to identify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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