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So I am new to saltwater and reefing. I have kept freshwater for some time and recently did a fish sale for store credit with a local fish shop. The fish shop is more of a fresh water store, but does sell some saltwater fish and coral. The only coral they have labeled is their high end $200 and up coral. I was able to trade for 4 coral samples at $25 each. I was hoping someone would willing to help let me know what I have, so I can research and provide them the right environment. Likewise, I have had them for several weeks and haven't had any issues so far, but I would love to know what I have. The best part is the guy gave be 4 chunks of various sizes of the green hammer coral, but he still had no idea what kind it is as they were laying on the bottom of the tank with expensive prices, so maybe I might have got lucky and have some hammers that might be valuable in the future. Sorry the photo quality is so bad for what ever reason the blue light overpowers the white lights in my tank only when photographing. Thanks everyone, loving the color that saltwater offers.

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First one is GSP (green star polyp) can go pretty much anywhere and grows very fast, great beginner coral. Second one is a zoa, similar to GSP, though grows slightly slower. Need a better shot of the 3rd one but I think it's a galaxea, give it alot of space as it's very aggressive. 4th is a hammer, kinda hard to keep, keep your parameters stable and make sure to dose alkalinity and calcium
 
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First one is GSP (green star polyp) can go pretty much anywhere and grows very fast, great beginner coral. Second one is a zoa, similar to GSP, though grows slightly slower. Need a better shot of the 3rd one but I think it's a galaxea, give it alot of space as it's very aggressive. 4th is a hammer, kinda hard to keep, keep your parameters stable and make sure to dose alkalinity and calcium
Thank you for your help. If it is a galaxea should I island it on a rock in the sand
 
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Here is an image of the 3rd picture in better light and angles. Not sure if the Galatea is the proper identification, but I could be wrong, but it has a light blue when under white light on it tentacles and I can't find an image with that.
 

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Here is an image of the 3rd picture in better light and angles. Not sure if the Galatea is the proper identification, but I could be wrong, but it has a light blue when under white light on it tentacles and I can't find an image with that.
Looks like galaxea
 

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