Help with identifying these corals please!

[Aaron Davis]

Hey guys. Posted in another post about QT'ing these corals. Figured I'd also post about identifying the exact corals or names. I know three are a species of Montipora and one is a candy cane. Just looking for specifics please. Also; ideal placement for each would be fantastic! Thanks guys.

#1

#2

#3

#4

 

[BoomCorals]

Number 3 looks like a lobo. Hard to tell much else without aquarium lighting.

 

[DSC reef]

Spongodes, encrusting montipora, candy cane, plating montipora. Those are my best guesses.

 

[BoomCorals]

Spongodes, encrusting montipora, candy cane, plating montipora. Those are my best guesses.

I thought candy cane at first too but it looks too fleshy? Plus the one on the right looks like one big winding "head".

 

[DSC reef]

I noticed that too. I think the coral is smaller than it looks. Other candy canes I've had get that extra puffy head when it's about to split into 2 heads.

 

[Coronus]

Confusa
Encrusting Monti
Caulastria
Cap maybe

 

[marktea]

#1 may be an epic chaos. Does it look similar to this in the tank?

 

[DSC reef]

#1 may be an epic chaos. Does it look similar to this in the tank?

Yours looks to be acropora sarmentosa. The OP's first pic is definitely a montipora. That's a nice piece you have there @marktea. That should color up nicely.

 

[Aaron Davis]

Thanks guys. I'll post pics under some lights after I get home. They're not going in my tank because I'm going to QT them because the tank they came from I believe had ich.

 

[marktea]

Thanks @DSC reef, I'm only my second month in of salt so I'm still a newb! Getting better everyday

 

[Aaron Davis]

This is the best I can get right now. I'm working on getting my QT set up right now for them. The candy can got sucked into the powerhead I had in the bucket last night as temporary thing. Now the large bright pieces of it look dead or damaged. Don't know if it'll make it.

 

[Aaron Davis]

Here we go! Much better pics!
@BoomCorals @DSC reef

 

[DSC reef]

I'm sticking with my original guesses. Hope they do well for you.

 

[Aaron Davis]

Any tips on mounting that Spongodes Montipora so that it stands up? On something other than a Frag plug since I don't have a rack? Would gluing it onto a piece of liverock be alright?

@DSC reef