Can anyone Id this guy?

[reefinman]

 

[cloak]

Hydnophora.

http://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/search?w=hydnophora

 

[DeniseAndy]

Hairy mushroom

 

[cjsreefaus]

Sp. Evil

 

[cjsreefaus]

Make sure nothing else is near it hydnophora packs a punch.

 

[reefinman]

I got it as a gift green mushroom is a ricordia (hairy mushroom ). And the others are green stripe... and red morphs discosoma species. Then green star polyps and Kenya trees. I just contacted the person that gave them to me. What do you guys think about the list?

 

[cloak]

I don't think I've ever seen a hairy mushroom stand straight up like that. Is it attached to a rock or does it have a hard skeleton? Also, do the polyps go all the way around?

 

[reefinman]

No, the polyps do not go all the way around. They are stuck to a rock, primarily on one side. I plan to frag the coral, it was pretty large colony in the 300 gal reef it came out of.

 

[cloak]

Hmm. Is there any chance you spin that thing around and take a picture of the back side? Where are the mouths at? Also, I'm assuming that's not just one mushroom, so where does one start and the other one end?

 

[cjsreefaus]

Well i was way off.

 

[cloak]

Well i was way off.

lol, I'm still not convinced it's a hairy mushroom yet. A Hydnophora can encrust over a rock like that. Unless I'm missing it, I would like to see some separation between the mushrooms. Maybe rough them up with your fingers a little and then take a picture.

 

[evolved]

It's a mushroom; a rhodactis.