Coral ID?

[mmittlesteadt]

I seem to have some new coral growing on the rock my zoa is on. Anyone know what these might be (where red arrows indicate)? Is it new growth of the zoa? Are they Mushrooms? Leather?

They've grown considerably within the last week or so.

 

[mmittlesteadt]

I'm guessing they are discosoma mushrooms.

They've grown A LOT since I got that rock with the zoas on it (about three weeks ago). No matter what they are, I feel lucky to have gotten two different corals for the price of one (which was already at cost). Even the Zoas have spread and gotten bigger.

When I first got it...

And now...

 

[edrosales]

That's a Discosoma. be careful, some aquarist consider them as a plague because spread in marine tank.

 

[mmittlesteadt]

That's a Discosoma. be careful, some aquarist consider them as a plague because spread in marine tank.

Thanks.

I'm not too worried because I also have GSP and Xenia and while most people avoid such corals, I'm more a "weed" kind of person and actually hope they all spread like crazy! LOL. I'm only going for easy to keep softies and would be perfectly happy if my tank is overrun with these "weeds".

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Just another weed in the garden LOL

 

[mmittlesteadt]

Just another weed in the garden LOL

Yes it is.