Can anyone tell me if this is majano or zoanthid...

bdancing

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I bought the rock with some other live rock, and these two showed up very tiny about a month later. I thought it was cool at first, our first coral, and look they're growing happily...but in looking around reef central and learning about majanos, I have this feeling of dread. Their rock isn't attached to any other rocks, so if they are majano, they and their rock will get voted off the island.
But if they are zoanthids, they get to stay of course.
We don't want to deal with a plague, we're pretty happy with how things are going.
So can anyone give a definitive yea or nay on majano-ness?
I did look at coralpedia, and there are some similar zoanthids, not just colorwise, but features...
anyone?
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think they are majano's, but yes it is a little questionable. The bublous tips are what look majano-y. Although we have some hawaiian dingdang palys that have that kind of a skirt, which makes me a little unsure...
Hmmmmm....
 
Thank you glextank. I agree, and this is the debate that is going on here at the house. Looking at coralpedia made me doubtful either way, and I don't want to waste perfectly good polyps (if they are).
On the other hand, if they are majano, I say kill it before it reproduces...
 
+1 Majanos, scrape them of the rock with a small screw driver or remove the rock and put some salt on them and they should come off.
 
Thank you very much MikeandNicole and firsttank. Three strikes, they're out. The rock is in the garden. There was a brief (very) ceremony for the casualties.
Your help is much appreciated.
 
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