identification

Hi everyone, I have a identification situation i need some help with. First, I want to introduce myself. My name's Alissa, and I'm from Michigan. I was in th reef hobby for a few years. For 3 years I had a 65 gallon deep sandbed reeftank that I set up in a way that I only had to do fresh water...

Hey hey! Need help with an ID on the torch Gold and blue stems with green tips

Purchased this Acro from a local store a while back, it’s colors look much better now than when purchased but they didn’t know any specifics about it. Any help is appreciated!

Anyone know what this is? They don’t move. It’s white specks on the side of my tank.

Hello! Kinda new with the hobby and I’ve found these “Bubble” like things in my tank! Any idea what they might be??

Hi, these started appearing pretty much as soon as i started my tank and i think they're really ugly. Does anyone know what they are and how to remove them? They seem to like growing right where the soft lps tissue would cover when they grow whuich may be a problem as theyre very sharp and hard...

Hi everyone, have some green algae that has been growing in my tank. Im not sure what kind it is. I don't think it is green hair alga because it doesn't look thin enough. Can someone help me ID and potentially shed some light how to regulate or manage these? THANK YOU!

Need help identifying this Zoa

Hey everyone, As you can guess, I am pretty bored at home. I've been thinking about doing this for quite some time, but wondered if any of you have gone about doing it and could possibly give me some pointers. I want to create a Taxonomy Book/PDFs that I can either print and store in a binder...

I’m curious if anyone knows what these are? They aren’t in my tank I just saw them in the tide pools where I collect my hermits and snails. Location is south Florida... Florida keys. Just curious if anyone knows?

There is a small red dot under the mouth of my new clownfish, anyone know what it could be???

Are there names for these discosoma mushrooms?

I was looking in my tank the other night about 30 mins after daylight switched to moonlight. Worm was about 0.5" in length and transparent. I'm afraid it could be a young bobbit or some other predatory worm. After some initial googling it kind of looks like a Dorvilleidae worm also. I really...

I just bought these at an auction from my LFS. they're gorgeous and look just like the photo in my tank under day lights. This is the wysiwyg photo from the auction sight because I cant get a good representative photo myself. They called them blue eyes zoas but Ive never heard of that. I have...

Hello, I brought a frag to day and noticed another coral on the bottom of the frag when I was placing it on my tank. I was wondering if anyone can help me ID it. I'm thinking it looks like a rhodactus sp. Or possibly a mini maxi Although that's just a guess. I've attached photos below...

I have tried to get good photos for months since I saw the first one. I only see them when I disturb the aquascape but at night they come out in force. They're about a centimeter or less and bright solid yellow. Today I got a lens kit for my phone. I couldn't take a picture because I couldn't...

Hi y'all! I was recently browsing online on some livestock websites, and I came to the realization that almost none of the listings for acropora had scientific names! This bugs me a bit, because not many people take the time to list the species names, which may be important in the future...

Hey guys, I picked up some live rock for my Nano that came with a few corals a fellow hobbies no longer wanted. I personally added pulsing Xenia and Frogspawn. So far I can identify the green star polyps but that’s about it. Here are pics of all the corals in my aquarium.

Ive had this small colony of zoas sold to me without a name. there seem to be eagle eyes and some other brown/orange unnamed junk zoas. I never thought much of it of looked at them that closely but today i noticed a few polyps had a crazy colored center unlike their neighbors. Why are they...

Hello, I spotted something growing in my tank a roughly a week ago and didn't really think much of it. And today I noticed it has slightly increased in size (it's now ~0.5cm). It looks like it could be an anemone maybe. It's clear/pale brown with some fluro yellow/green balls on the tips of the...

Went to a local reefer who sells high end zoa and paly frags out of his basement. He had just redone the aquascape in his main display which is a huge zoa dominates reef. He sold sold me huge chunks of rock with massive colonies for pennies on the dollar with half of the polyps not even fully...

I was at the LFS today and I asked what this soft coral was and the kid was not 100% sure he just said it was a leather he believed. Anyone know more specifically what the coral is? Generally I wouldn't buy something without knowing but being $20 and a soft coral I thought I was safe.

Hi, we recently did a deal where we bought all of the residents of a tank which was being broken down for sale. Mostly coral but a few fish as well. 1 Green Mandarin Goby 2 clowns 1 “dwarf” tang I don’t think something called a dwarf tang really exists and am confident they didn’t know what...

Green algae type thing growing on rock work. Quite tough and stuck into rocks. Heard bryopsis can be a pain but responds well to fluconazole. Just wanted second opinion before I start dosing. Thanks