Need Help with ID

[Bifferwine]

I've had these polyps pop up on one rock in the past few months. I've had these rocks for 5+ years, and never seen anything like them. As far as I can tell, they didn't hitch hike in on any other corals either, as they are isolated in one spot far away from anything else. They are soft and fleshy and retract when I touch them. They don't look like any sort of majano that I've ever seen (they are definitely not the majano that I occasionally spot in my tank). They have short tentacles, and are surrounded by a ring of white dots.

What are these? As you can see, there are about 6 of them growing in close proximity to each other.

PS -- Mike, that is your green nepthea in the background. It's very happy in my tank, thanks!

 

[killafornia]

im thinkin bleached out Majano but you got me on this 1

 

[fishaholic911]

They do not look like Majano what so ever..... they almost look like a mushroom of some type.

 

[savageAJC]

if they retract when you touch them id put my $$ on some type of nem
wait no, i wouldnt put $ on that actually. but seems like it could be some type??
but the short tentacles and ring of white dots also makes me think anemone. i had these ball? anemones looked sorta similar but were translucent and had a ring of reddish/pinkish dots on the end of each tentacle.
and wow i just re-read my post and it is no help. haha

 

[Bifferwine]

Nah, I have lots of ball anemones, and they don't look like these guys. I maybe should clarify that they don't retract into the rock when I touch them -- they close up like a zoa or paly does.

Weird, huh?

 

[aquaph8]

Look like mushrooms to me.

 

[Bifferwine]

Maybe mushrooms! They are so small. They would be midget mushrooms.

 

[savageAJC]

oh ok im jumping ship & going with some newly evolved form of shrooms...mixed with anemone! hsaha

 

[jomskie_ad]

oh ok im jumping ship & going with some newly evolved form of shrooms...mixed with anemone! hsaha

cross breed???? i want one of them then

but i think its a bleached majano, or jsut simply majano, i have had that one before and i have to tear apart my newly set up tank jsut to get rid of all of it, jsut be on the look out

 

[Bifferwine]

Nah, I have majanos. I am very familiar with majanos! I boiled 500 lbs of rock from my old system to eradicate a massive infestation of majanos. I had tried everything else, and boiling the rock was a last resort! And they STILL pop up from that rock now and again!

They don't look like any majanos that I've ever seen. They just don't really have tentacles.

 

[Bifferwine]

Even the magnificent Bob Fenner was stumped when I sent him this pic! He said he would have to guess some kind of zoanthid, but had never seen anything like it before. I may be onto something rare here!

 

[savageAJC]

see i told you some new kind of mushroom/nem hybrid..just m,ake sure it doesnt crawl out and try to eat you!!

 

[savageAJC]

hey biffer can you post another pic. maybe diff angle or something?

 

[Bifferwine]

Sure! I will try to get another pic.

 

[Bifferwine]

Here are some more pics. I don't think they're going to show anything different, though.

 

[abfds001]

Interesting....a majano? did you ask for his papers...... I have something similar growing on a rock in my sons nano. At first I thought it was anenomi...but who knows. i'll post a pic later

 

[TucsonWhoDat]

do they retract fast or slow when touched?

 

[Bifferwine]

They retract slowly. And they just close up. They don't actually retract into the rock.

 

[TucsonWhoDat]

I would say some kind of colony polyp then. Anemones usually retract fast but could be a rock anemone but they are usually colorfull.

 

[scubabum1983]

my vote is shroom,