Murphs_Reef Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 ..what this bad boy is, a second one is starting out on a rock below Link to comment
charnelhouse Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Me either, but some kind of 'nem maybe? Link to comment
Muraki Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Me either, but some kind of 'nem maybe? I agree, Looks pretty cool too. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Not sure but it's getting a good size Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Its pretty cool looking, whatever it is. To me looks like a plate coral of sorts! Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Its pretty cool looking, whatever it is. To me looks like a plate coral of sorts! I'll get some pix under the blues, it is an almighty green popping coral, and there are now 2 more small ones growing.. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Oddly, this Has fallen off the rock a week ago. It's still happy and feeding, but now on the sand bed. It's about an inch in diameter now, started out 5 months ago around 2mm.. Now in the base of where it originally sat on the rock (.as pictured in my original post) a new one seems to be growing.. It looks very good and has an awesome green colour, but still non the wiser as to what it is... Link to comment
amphipod Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I never seen anything quite like it either. Does it have a stalk, and does it have a discernible ring of tentacles, and though the answer is probably no, does it have a skeleton? Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 2 things... 1) I think we need a new picture - try to get a high quality one. 2) I think you might want to change your avatar. It looks too similar to Kisara the Reefer's .... And he/she's likely a massive troll, or 10 yrs old. Link to comment
The Aquarist Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Could it be a sea pansy? Just a thought. https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+pansy&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI46jP2bmqyAIVFVmICh3cCwZt&biw=1440&bih=775#imgrc=bv3x-i2fHDKvqM%3A Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 I never seen anything quite like it either. Does it have a stalk, and does it have a discernible ring of tentacles, and though the answer is probably no, does it have a skeleton? Mill get a new picture today. Yes it seems to be a solid disc I picked it up to move when cleaning the sand and it felt like a coin. A very short stalk, I guess only to ho,d it to the rock.. This never re generated after it dislodged from the rock Tentacles seem to be inset from the outer ring of colour, and the mouth has the most colour going to a lemon yellow in the centre Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Could it be a sea pansy? Just a thought. https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+pansy&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI46jP2bmqyAIVFVmICh3cCwZt&biw=1440&bih=775#imgrc=bv3x-i2fHDKvqM%3A Sorry no it's nothing like that but that is amazing! Link to comment
lobster876 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 maybe a small plate coral?? Link to comment
PieMan2k Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Do you think it could be some type of sponge? At the top of the I'd section they have a pic of a sponge that looks just like that. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Do you think it could be some type of sponge? At the top of the I'd section they have a pic of a sponge that looks just like that. I don't think so, it visibly eats and curled up almost like a mushroom, I will get a better pic as soon as I get back home Link to comment
amphipod Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'm certain it's a coral in the Fungiidae family, possibly heliofungia actiniformis. It's just a very immature specimen, that's why it looks so much like an anemone. Its pretty cool looking, whatever it is. To me looks like a plate coral of sorts! maybe a small plate coral?? Link to comment
PieMan2k Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 could it be a squished torch? The body was growing under something and it formed itself flat? Or maybe an acan with a lot of feeder tentacles out. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'm certain it's a coral in the Fungiidae family, possibly heliofungia actiniformis. It's just a very immature specimen, that's why it looks so much like an anemone. I think it might well be... Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Sounds like a plate to me, I had a little stalk off the back of a trachy that was the same, little green-ish plate, pops off eventually and a new one gets going. It's puffed up in my pics obviously but very very small skeleton with a little bump on the bottom. off the stem on stem Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 not sure this is any better a picture... damn camera phones I never seen anything quite like it either. Does it have a stalk, and does it have a discernible ring of tentacles, and though the answer is probably no, does it have a skeleton? new pic uploaded Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 New pic is very obviously a plate... Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Agreed, that is definitely a plate coral... Has anyone seen any research as to how heliofungia porites develop? Do they have a "mother" colony that just keeps spitting out little Fungias, or is it a one and done scenero. [Wanders off to do research] Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 New pic is very obviously a plate... Which species? Agreed, that is definitely a plate coral... Has anyone seen any research as to how heliofungia porites develop? Do they have a "mother" colony that just keeps spitting out little Fungias, or is it a one and done scenero. [Wanders off to do research] Not sure but the stem it once sat on now has a tiny new growth Link to comment
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