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Macro Photos of Mariner's Corals

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This page is contains pics of individual corals, along with genus and species names (if known).  I'll try to add pics to document growth over time.

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This Acropora is similar to what is
 commonly called a "Bali slimer." 
It was given to me as a frag
by a fellow reefer.

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Sinularia -- "Finger Leather"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Sinularia was also given to me as a frag.  Although it looks similar to the Acropora, the two corals are vastly different.  Sinularia is a "soft" coral having no rigid skeleton. 

These Zoanthids are growing on a rock near the back wall of the aquarium.

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Zoanthids -- "Zoos"

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Rhodactis -- "Green Mushrooms"

To the left, large green mushroom corals are growing vertically near some zoanthids and anthelia.
 
In the pic below, the gramma mugs for the camera near a colony of Zoanthids.

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The Favites "Moon Coral" below on the left was rescued from an aquarium shop; it was half dead and covered with algae.  It has made a very nice comeback.
I am unsure whether the "Closed Brain" or "Maze Brain" coral below on the right belongs to the genus Platygrya or Favites, or perhaps another related genus.

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Platygyra? -- Closed Brain

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Favites -- "Moon Coral"

 
 
Both corals below also started out as a very small frags and are now several times their original size.
 

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Pink Sinularia -- "Finger Leather"

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Montipora digitata