id please?

[asharp13]

i need help identifying the two corals in this pic. im pretty sure the green one is a hammer. what is the red one?

 

[asharp13]

ive been told it could be a blasto, acan, or a hydnophora but how can i tell between these 3?

 

[n8ball2013]

you have a candy cane the red one is an acan and then a hammer and a ricordia florida type.

 

[asharp13]

what makes you positive its and acan. i got those 3 polyps for $10.

 

[abeandlulu]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3141196
what makes you positive its and acan. i got those 3 polyps for $10.
acan would be my guess. For only $10.. score.

 

[jackri]

Green on far left is candy cane
Looks like acan in red
THen its frogspawn
then its a ricordia
Oh, turbo in the background too

 

[asharp13]

Originally Posted by jackri
http:///forum/post/3141396
Green on far left is candy cane
Looks like acan in red
THen its frogspawn
then its a ricordia
Oh, turbo in the background too
how do you know thats a frog? rather than a hammer? my understanding was that a hammer has wider tips which i think mine does. what makes you say frog?

 

[abeandlulu]

Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3141405
how do you know thats a frog? rather than a hammer? my understanding was that a hammer has wider tips which i think mine does. what makes you say frog?
Looks like a hammer coral to me. I have one in my tank..

 

[jackri]

It could be a hammer coral... but they are usually more pronounced on the ends than that and it just really looks like a frogspawn to me. I could totally be wrong on it being a frogspawn though and probably am

 

[asharp13]

is there anyway i will be able to tell??? are the central mouths different? growing method? coloration? what about when it gets bigger will it be easier to tel then?

 

[abeandlulu]

Heres a pic of mine hammer coral.

 

[asharp13]

wow ok well the tips are not close to that pronounced but they do have some shape to em. ill do some more reasearch thx!

 

[asharp13]

one reason i lean towards hammer is becasue the frogs ive seen longer tentacles and sometimes multiple bulbs on each one. my guy has short tentacles and only one tip/head/bulb on each one...any thoughts?

 

[abeandlulu]

yours also has the wider tips on them kinda like mine. Thats why im leaning toward a hammer..

 

[asharp13]

that was my thinking as well. do your clowns like your hammer?

 

[abeandlulu]

Not so much. My black and white clowns like my GSP though..

 

[jackri]

Yeah I think it's a hammer too now that you mention the multiple bulbs. My frogspawn is full of tentacles like that and yours doesn't have that.

 

[asharp13]

so a hammer it is then haha any thoughts on the red one? how can i truely tell its an acan? if it is that and not a blasto or hydnophora