Giant Zoa-like polyp attached to the skeleton of trachy, ID please

[provia]

I found this zoa-like poly at the bottom of the skeleton of a trachy. I am pretty sure it's not zoa because it doesn't close in a way the zoas do.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I found this zoa-like poly at the bottom of the skeleton of a trachy. I am pretty sure it's not zoa because it doesn't close in a way the zoas do.

This appears to be a majano anemone (don’t believe ball anemone) To remove, place an ice cube on it and it should release

 

[ScubaShane]

Majano Anemone. They have strong stings and are aggressive to other corals and fish in your tank. They can be difficult to get rid of and have been known to take over an aquarium quickly stinging and killing other coals. It's a hitchhiker that attaches to live rock or frag plugs. The best way to avoid them is to quarantine coral to prevent them from getting into your display tank.

 

[encrustingacro]

It looks more like a corallimorph than a majano anemone (anemonea manjano). Majanos have not as bulbous tentacles that not on the oral disk, but on the edge of the oral disk.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

This Does not look like an anenome. That looks like a mushroom. Touch it. A mushroom can't pull itself back into nothing. Try to gently lift the skirt and get a view of the foot.

@LRT

 

[Spare time]

It looks more like a corallimorph than a majano anemone (anemonea manjano). Majanos have not as bulbous tentacles that not on the oral disk, but on the edge of the oral disk.

That was my first thought but mushroom corals don't have laterally protruding tentacles like that

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

That was my first thought but mushroom corals don't have laterally protruding tentacles like that

Baby yumas can and do. Like toddlers they can go through weird proportion phases too .

 

[KK's Reef]

Looks like a small yuma.

 

[provia]

I am more confused now . It does look more like yuma than majano nems but I'm still not 100% sure.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I am more confused now . It does look more like yuma than majano nems but I'm still not 100% sure.

Touch it and see how it reacts. That will be Very telling. A majano will retract itself into a tiny dot.

 

[provia]

Touch it and see how it reacts. That will be Very telling. A majano will retract itself into a tiny dot.

It doesn’t react that much. In fact even if I move it around in the water it still doesn’t react.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

It doesn’t react that much. In fact even if I move it around in the water it still doesn’t react.

Dat looka likea mushroom.....

 

[encrustingacro]

That was my first thought but mushroom corals don't have laterally protruding tentacles like that

Depending on the genus/species, yes it can

 

[provia]

Depending on the genus/species, yes it can

Gotcha, then it’s a gift from the LFS haha

 

[shakacuz]

yuma mushroom perhaps

 

[ilikefish69]

Beautiful hitchhiker, you got lucky!!

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I agree, some sort of mushroom. Great hitchhiker!