ID Please.. Is it a mushroom??

xvinnyax74 · 05/25/2010, 07:56 PM

After a few months I have not put anything new in the tank.. And then this shows up.. At first it looked like a polyp. Then it got bigger and has octopus like arms and long tentacles. It eats very well and grows rapidly. I have not started paying much attention to it till now. I at first thought it might be a walking dendro.. but I dont think so now. I have never seen a mushroom that looked like this. I have enclosed photos of different angles..
Oh and now it is about the size of a quarter, but with feeding I see that it rapidly grows.

Anyone???

It held up side down

Top view

Long tentacles vsible..

Side View

Thanks in advance...

Vinny

MissNano · 05/26/2010, 12:24 AM

I am not sure what it is, but im new to the saltwater. On a side note it is pretty whatever it is!

Damsels R Cool · 05/26/2010, 09:53 AM

looks some what like a plate

Azurel · 05/26/2010, 10:55 AM

Pics not comming up for me.....

xvinnyax74 · 05/27/2010, 09:12 PM

Pics are in my public album if they are not showing up.
They should be showing up though...
I have tried another forum and I had no one ID it there
I was hoping for some luck here.

JokerGirl · 05/28/2010, 06:50 AM

Fungia. LPS.

Sanagy · 05/28/2010, 01:33 PM

It does look like a LPS.

Wave you hand over it to try and make the it retract, you should be able to see a coral skeleton

ParanoidObseshn · 05/28/2010, 06:45 PM

Cool, yeah it looks like a small plate coral

xvinnyax74 · 05/28/2010, 09:48 PM

Very cool. Thanks... It does retract with no light and closes up.
Thanks for the responces
I searched and never found one that looked like this.
It is a cool freebie that popped up out of nowhere.
Thanks again for all your responces, I am going to do some
reading about that coral now...

05/25/2010, 07:56 PM	#1
xvinnyax74 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 47	ID Please.. Is it a mushroom?? After a few months I have not put anything new in the tank.. And then this shows up.. At first it looked like a polyp. Then it got bigger and has octopus like arms and long tentacles. It eats very well and grows rapidly. I have not started paying much attention to it till now. I at first thought it might be a walking dendro.. but I dont think so now. I have never seen a mushroom that looked like this. I have enclosed photos of different angles.. Oh and now it is about the size of a quarter, but with feeding I see that it rapidly grows. Anyone??? It held up side down Top view Long tentacles vsible.. Side View Thanks in advance... Vinny

05/26/2010, 10:55 AM	#4
Azurel Registered Member. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kalamazoo,MI Posts: 2,861	Pics not comming up for me..... __________________ Official soldier of the Zoa patrol/ The Zoa Patrol does not exist in public or privet....

05/28/2010, 06:50 AM	#6
JokerGirl Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: That place Posts: 1,304	Fungia. LPS. __________________ 01000001 01101110 01111001 01101111 01101110 01100101 00111111 Current Tank Info: 120g Reef Tank, 60g Cube Mantis/Reef Tank, Want more info, ask me.

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05/26/2010, 12:24 AM	#2
MissNano Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 82	I am not sure what it is, but im new to the saltwater. On a side note it is pretty whatever it is!

05/26/2010, 09:53 AM	#3
Damsels R Cool Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lakeworth Posts: 224	looks some what like a plate

05/27/2010, 09:12 PM	#5
xvinnyax74 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 47	Pics are in my public album if they are not showing up. They should be showing up though... I have tried another forum and I had no one ID it there I was hoping for some luck here.

05/28/2010, 01:33 PM	#7
Sanagy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 70	It does look like a LPS. Wave you hand over it to try and make the it retract, you should be able to see a coral skeleton

05/28/2010, 06:45 PM	#8
ParanoidObseshn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tunkhannock PA area Posts: 448	Cool, yeah it looks like a small plate coral

05/28/2010, 09:48 PM	#9
xvinnyax74 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 47	Very cool. Thanks... It does retract with no light and closes up. Thanks for the responces I searched and never found one that looked like this. It is a cool freebie that popped up out of nowhere. Thanks again for all your responces, I am going to do some reading about that coral now...