id help please

[barraganbp1]

Well Im trying to upload this photo so I dont know if it worked

incase it did here it goes. I noticed this little guy about 3 months ago. It is now the size of a quarter. In the attinic and moon lights this guy looks neon green. I really looks like some type of disc coral or maybe some kinda of mushroom. I dont know. Any ideas let me know thanks.

 

[IslandCrow]

Looks like something of the Fungia genus.

 

[barraganbp1]

Thats what I was thinking. Before the little tenticles would only be out at night but lately they have been out pretty much all the time. I dont think that its a bad thing right?

 

[bubbly]

you got a free coral!

Fungias are great corals --- I have one in my 6 gallon pico tank.

There are rocks known as "mother rocks" where they just keep producing baby fungias -- I don't remember if I have the right terminology, but if that is one, then you are in luck.

It has to do with the fungia life cycle, i believe.

 

[Anemonebuff]

Looks like fungia.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/fungia.html

 

[barraganbp1]

Aswome, thanks for the info. Thats what I was hoping to here.

 

[reefD]

green hairy shroom

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

I also believe in some sort of mushroom; for a fungia it is to flat; just touch it and see if it is soft only (then it is a mushroom) - fungia has a sceleton when retracted.

regards

Markus

 

[Gwynhidwy]

I think it might be a mushroom of some type as well. I agree with Markus, touch it and see if it has a stony skeleton or not, that will tell you.

It will be easy to tell if it is a soft coral with a rock under it or a fungia, as fungia skeletons have regularly spaced, raised ridges that you should feel that start in the center around the mouth and run out to the edge of the coral.

 

[Reefing102]

I would have to say it is a fungia

 

[redfishsc]

If it has a very obvious calcium skeleton = Fungia (perhaps Fungia fraelinae)



If it has no skeleton, some form of mushroom or other coralimorph.


By how flat it is, looks like a mushroom to me.

 

[barraganbp1]

well, thanks for all the replys. I have touched it and it is hard and appears to have little ridges on it. I does tend to inflate and deflate at times.

While doing a search on Fungia I came across an article in reefkeeping magazine that gave an example of a fungia growing on a rock where a coral used to be. The article went on to say that the rock gave out two or three more fungia. The rock that this thing is on used to be covered with clove polyps. There is still a few on there but since this thing came out the cloves kinda went away. Anyways I dont know. But thank all of you for your responses.

 

[IslandCrow]

What really makes me think Fungia is the tentacles. They're pretty distinctive, and I've never seen a mushroom that has tentacles like that. Of course, since you say it has a hard skeleton, that pretty much rules it out anyway. Hopefully, it continues to grow for you. If it is Fungia, it should accept small bits of meaty foods (like mysis shrimp). Feeding is not required, but generally helps.