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I thought it was a little to big to be a Corallimorphidae. I thought it looked alot like Corynactis viridis when I first looked at it but the other Mushies next to it looked so small in comparison. I admit to not knowing the species though. Where are they from? Fiji?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9607137#post9607137 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ichthyman
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Corallimorphidae
Genus: Pseudocorynactis
Species: dontgivadamnsis

I thought you would call it Pseudocorynactis Reiteri.

Based on what I have been able to find this is correct. I actually got this guy last week and thought it was one of those Orange colored RBTA's. I was concerned because it looked the way that it does in the photo above when I first put it in the tank. I thought that it was just stressed from shipping so I gave it a day to start bubbling up. It still looked the same the next day so I fed it a small piece of silverside and it ate it greedily.
It pretty much stayed the same for the next few days but continued to eat fine so I was mixed on if it was doing good or not.
I woke up a couple of days ago to find my Male Scotts Fairy Wrasse being pulled into this things mouth. I was able to retrive the wrasse but I was unable to save it. At this point I decided to do a little research since RBTA's usually are not this agressive. I came across the same animal on Atlantis Aquarium's site and contacted them to see if they knew what it was. They were not 100% sure so I then inquired in the Anemone section on RC and there were some other people with the same animal. I ended up finding the same link that Daddyjax just posted. I now have it situated in an area of the tank that most of the fish stay away from.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9607231#post9607231 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DaddyJax
I thought it was a little to big to be a Corallimorphidae. I thought it looked alot like Corynactis viridis when I first looked at it but the other Mushies next to it looked so small in comparison. I admit to not knowing the species though. Where are they from? Fiji?

The thought didn't even cross my mind that it was a Corallimorphidae at first because it is probably 6" in dia. when fully expanded.
 
Pretty cool .............
Have john stick his hand in it to see if it stings...hes practically immune at this point.
 
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