coral id please????

deep water · 03-03-2008, 09:15 PM

this maybe an easy one but i feel stupid.

chrischris · 03-03-2008, 09:22 PM

the first is an lps
second an sps prob. a monti
the thrid i cant see
hope it helps

hng · 03-03-2008, 09:27 PM

Hard to tell, but I'll take a guess: 1) favia 2) chalice 3) finger leather

deep water · 03-03-2008, 09:43 PM

the 3rd i bought from lfs sold to as a devils hand??????
the 1st and second i bought private and were sold to me as red and green echinopora but i am not sure. they look different. green has a ribbed skeleton and hair like things standing up the red has a flat gray colored plate like skeleton and gets squishy like jelly as it wakes up but no hairs.

deep water · 03-03-2008, 09:44 PM

i thought favia had polyp like sections and a large ball like base with lots of tentacles?????

fish.freak · 03-03-2008, 10:10 PM

it is a devils hand.
may be echinopora

fish.freak · 03-03-2008, 10:13 PM

Do they look like these? If so their echinoporas.

deep water · 03-03-2008, 10:31 PM

yes the red looks like that the green looks like it has a million little hairs on it and a ribbed skeleton.

also how do you feed and care for echinoporas

deep water · 03-03-2008, 10:32 PM

the devils hand seems to want to be in the shade under 2x 250 watt mh lights is that good for him or should i try to move him out little by little.

Fly Guy · 03-03-2008, 10:38 PM

echinophyllia - medium flow....medium light

echinopora is a stony

acclimate the devils hand to as much light as youve got....the more the better, just dont do it too quickly unless you know he came from is the same. You can throw him directly under 10k halides and he will thrive. He can also do well with much less, but more is always better

deep water · 03-03-2008, 10:49 PM

right now if he is in full light he gets real small when the light goes out he triples in size.

Fly Guy · 03-03-2008, 10:52 PM

Thats odd.......thats the exact opposite of any devils hand Ive ever seen.

Usually when the lights go out they shrink to 1/4 size...and when the next day starts blwo up again.

do you see any polyps on him when he gets big??

You should go snap a flash shot of him with the lights out when he is big.

deep water · 03-03-2008, 10:55 PM

i will tomorrow batteries dead on camera tonight. i will rerun this tomorrow for you. i can see bumps on him that should be polyps but they aren't like that of my leather i don't think they are fully open. he came from mh at the lfs and was big and happy there when i say him???? driving me nuts.