Frag ID's

[tlhood]

A couple IDs!

Picked up all 3 at the LFS. The guy thought #1 and #2 were montis, and the third was a favia (I know #1 isn't a monti cap, and #2 I suspect is some sort of plate.)

Any ideas on what they really are?

#1

#2

#3

[denny_C]

pretty sure 1 is a lephastrea, blue eyed girl to be exact

2 is a chalice

both are bleached and need some tlc

they would need lower light and look like they have a long road of healing to do.

the third is a favia.


hope that helps

cheers

denny

[Coral Hoarder]

Originally Posted by denny@concept

pretty sure 1 is a lephastrea, blue eyed girl to be exact

2 is a chalice

both are bleached and need some tlc

they would need lower light and look like they have a long road of healing to do.

the third is a favia.


hope that helps

cheers

denny

one plus

[tlhood]

Thanks guys! Any hints on how to get these guys to colour back up?

[reefwars]

put them in lower light and they may come back , there is a point when bleaching is to much to recover from.

both are lower light corals but can tolerate high light if acclimated slowly.

of course like anything water quality has to be good and consistent or it just slows down the process.

cheers

denny

[Spyd]

What type of lighting do you have? They are definitely bleached so keep them at the bottom of the tank. Probably best in a shaded area or at the far sides of the tank to get less light. It will just take a lot of time to get the colours back.

[tlhood]

Is there anything extra special I can feed them to help them along and such?

[Myka]

#1 is Leptoseris, not Leptastrea.

#2 is probably a baby Fungia, but need to grow a bit for positive ID. A pic of the bottom would help.

#3 is certainly a Faviid.

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[tlhood]

Well, at least whatever #2 is, it appears to be alive still. It looks like its flesh is expanding (it's still on the sand), when food/water from the baster goes over it it contracts, and has little tiny spikey looking things on the topside (tentacles?). Yay!

#1 doesn't appear to have much of a change yet. I haven't seen the mouths move. I saw a suggestion on another forum for someone else inquiring about bleached corals. They suggested putting a small piece of Mysis or brine on each mouth and turning off all flow for 20 minutes for a couple nights in the hope it eats it.

I've also been dosing some vitamins and such.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by tlhood

Well, at least whatever #2 is[...]has little tiny spikey looking things on the topside (tentacles?). Yay!

Ok, I'm convinced it is indeed a Fungia then.

#1 doesn't appear to have much of a change yet. I haven't seen the mouths move. I saw a suggestion on another forum for someone else inquiring about bleached corals. They suggested putting a small piece of Mysis or brine on each mouth and turning off all flow for 20 minutes for a couple nights in the hope it eats it.

Leptoseris are technically SPS corals, but you treat them more like an LPS (medium flow, medium light). Their polyps are too small to eat Mysis or adult Brine Shrimp, but you could try spot feeding with baby Brine Shrimp or Cyclopeeze.