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I am trying to identify my 2 purple fuzzy corals . I ordered them as a purple Stylophora and Fuzzy Lobo Lobophytum. One of them is more stony and doesn’t move in moderate flow(The coral with the crab on it). The other coral moves and sways quite a bit in the flow and its stems shrink and close up at night. Also the fuzzy polyps go away as they shrink.

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Picture 2 is a purple Stylophora. It'll get whitish tips when it starts to grow.

I know next to nothing about softies soni can't help with that one, sorry.
 

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The first one is a devils hand leather coral or "Lobophytum" and the second is a stylophora which is one of the easier/hardier SPS coral they like higher light and higher flow.
 

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Red: Finger leather coral (I'm pretty sure)
Blue: Green stylophora
Purple: Purple stylophora
Your tank looks pretty new, are you sure it's ready for sps corals like those stlyos?
 

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Red: Finger leather coral (I'm pretty sure)
Blue: Green stylophora
Purple: Purple stylophora
Your tank looks pretty new, are you sure it's ready for sps corals like those stlyos?
Green Stylophora is likely a Teal Stylophora or possible green Seriatopora (Birdsnest).
 
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Red: Finger leather coral (I'm pretty sure)
Blue: Green stylophora
Purple: Purple stylophora
Your tank looks pretty new, are you sure it's ready for sps corals like those stlyos?
The blue circle is birds nest. That I do know. lol my tank is barely 5 months old. The Stylo is one of the first that I got and its been doing well from I can see. I also got the Fuzzy Lobo at the same time and it’s happy
 

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The blue circle is birds nest. That I do know. lol my tank is barely 5 months old. The Stylo is one of the first that I got and its been doing well from I can see. I also got the Fuzzy Lobo at the same time and it’s happy
Alright, well good luck man! :)
 
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