ID this potential coral hitchhiker (plate coral?)

erichatesmice

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I have three of these little "critters" that came in on the same live rock. They started out as really small and I thought they were some type of majano. As they got bigger, however, they look more like coral. To my eye, they look most like those purple and green diaseris plate coral, fungia, or something similar. Does anyone else have a better guess? I can't tell for sure whether or not there is a skeleton but they do not close up like an anemone. Unfortunately, they're relatively inaccessible in the tank.

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You are correct, i got my rock from Eric in March of 2023.
Here is one my plates about 5 days in the water, flesh was not visible day 1
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Here it is about 4 months in.
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I dont have a current picture, but its doube thats size.
 

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