Elephant ear mushroom???

[usmcsgt]

can anyone give me the lowdown on this species, I have read nothing real negative about this mushroom except that it is aggressive but a local guy that thinks he know everything says that it will eat all my fish, can anyone confirm this?

 

[sherm71tank]

They can get very large and are very capable of eating fish.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Several different species of corallimorphs are referred to as "Elephant Ear shrooms". Amplexidiscus fenestrafer resembles an anemone and eats fishes.

 

[usmcsgt]

boy that would have been nice to know before I got it, but hey I might be able to make some money off it and sell it back when it gets bigger hehe

 

[usmcsgt]

here are some pics of it, is this truely aan elephant ear

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Do a 'Google' for pictures of Amplexidiscus fenestrafer and compare.

 

[saltpeter]

I have one . It was maybe 4 inches round and after less than a year it's 16 to 18 "round . I thought it was real cool when it turned up into a huge ball periodically until I realized a fish dissapeared everytime it did it's ball trick . It was trapping and digesting any small fish in the tank . Getting that large also was a pain because it quickly covered all neighboring corals . It's really a fantastic critter and great to watch but it now sits in my Q tank until I'm done setting up the 400 , then there will be plenty of room .

 

[usmcsgt]

so this is for sure a fixh eating type mushroom?

 

[Sk8r]

Over 200.00 worth.