New Live Rock and need help ID'ing some things

Hey All,

Just put my first batch of live rock in and I have a few hitchhikers and just want to know if I should remove any of them or not.

IMG_0091: The little red thing on it, it glows fluro orange when the coral lights are on. Dont know if it is anything though

IMG_0084: That little starfish thingie, it is alive because it was gone in the morning.

IMG_0099: The glowing green things in the picture, there are around 12 ranging from 1/4" - 3/4" in diameter

IMG_0100: There are 3 large (1 1/2") with slight orange tinge on the outside and center is getting brighter green by the day, think they ay be dead though.

IMG_0096: These look like flowers, they hide away when the lights are off and they have a greeny/blue glow to them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Dean

 

Does your camera allow you to adjust your White Balance so that we can really see the corals instead of just blue?

One of the pictures looks like Caulastrea (trumpet coral) and another one looks like a duncanopsammia axifuga but I can't tell due to all of the blueness.

 

They were all taken with my iPhone, I will get my good camera out tomorrow and take some higher quality shots.

Are those corals good or bad?

Cheers,
Dean

 

Duncans are very expensive in the states

duncanopsammia axifuga - Google Image Search

Caulastrea

caulastrea - Google Image Search

Both are very nice corals

 

One kind of looks like a blastomussa, the third pic kind of looks like some rhodactus spp. if they are flat to the rock. One looks like some palythoas and other than that a lot of blue...

Inwall, duncans CAN be very expensive.... which is a shame as they are easy to frag and grow relatively fast... I sell a 6-7 polyp frag for like $45.. still a good amount but sure beats the $20-$40 a POLYP!!!
Can someone say price FIXING!!!

Happy FRAGGING!

 

They look pretty close! The Duncan coral (first one) looks to have soft branches in the pictures, mine are all hard. Could this be because they are "dead"?

They also came as live rock and not coral so I don't know their chances of surviving. My tank is just starting it's cycle too, will this kill the already worn out corals?

Cheers,
Dean

 

I think Dr. Frag is correct about the rhodactis mushroom

Duncans are a hard coral. The only soft part is the polyp at the tips.

Make sure you keep your Ammonia down as much as possible. Ignore people when they tell you not to do waterchanges during your cycle. For two reasons, it's an old wives tale that waterchanges during the cycle prolongs it....it actually shortens it. Number two....This will help the corals make it through the cycle.

 

I would monitor your NH3 and NO2 levels closely, if you can let the tank cycle YET keep them low via water changes the corals should come through. The tough part is keep the NH3 down low enough that its safe but not interrupting the cycle.

How big is the tank again?

 

That looks like the mother load of hitchhikers. Congrats

 

Thanks for the suggestions! I will try and get some better quality pics up tonight so you can really see the colours.

The Tank is a 3ft + 2ft Sump.

Cheers,
Dean