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champ135
03/08/2009, 12:28 AM
Picked up a frag of acans and this was attached. Not to sure what it is? Thanks for any help in advance.
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/eb8919/P1090425.jpg
Hormigaquatica
03/08/2009, 02:34 PM
Not a Rhizo, looks like a Fungia
champ135
03/08/2009, 10:10 PM
ya it does but its on a 1/4 inch stem and its top plate is mostly soft tissue
Hormigaquatica
03/09/2009, 10:24 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14567685#post14567685 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by champ135
ya it does but its on a 1/4 inch stem and its top plate is mostly soft tissue

Yup- that's exactly what I would expect to see on a young Fungia. When they first settle (or emerge, if developing as an anthocaulus) they grow on a short stalk attached to a hard surface. As they mature, they break away from that stem and live free/unattached.
khua
03/14/2009, 07:14 PM
its a heliofungia?? i think so
champ135
03/14/2009, 10:01 PM
they really do that ?
Reef Bass
03/17/2009, 07:08 AM
How could you doubt the word of someone with such a cool avatar who describes himself as a reef dork and uses big words like hydrophilic (water loving)? It's the ones who describe themselves as the bestest ever that you have to watch out for. ;)

Yes. Coral are neat. Fungias start their lives on a stalk. Some clams do a similar thing, discarding their point of attachment when they've grown large enough to be stable on their own.
BlastoEric1589
03/20/2009, 05:58 PM
gotta triple that motion. My money says its a small fungia plate.
Hormigaquatica
03/20/2009, 09:03 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14628002#post14628002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reef Bass
How could you doubt the word of someone with such a cool avatar who describes himself as a reef dork and uses big words like hydrophilic (water loving)? It's the ones who describe themselves as the bestest ever that you have to watch out for. ;)

LOL
Thanks.. I think...
Reef Bass
03/21/2009, 06:03 AM
You're welcome... definitely! :)