Is this going to take over my tank?

[djreef]

It's going to get as big as 9 inches?!!

That's what she said.

DJ

 

[Fish Werx]

On top of this the second picture he posted looks to have some flexibility to the disc. Very interesting. Maybe a toadstool of a kind?

Or a small piece of a branch? If you look closely at the first picture as well it looks like it is "halfway" on a rock. Maybe it is some kind of toadstool or anemone? Or maybe its an alien and he is messing with us! Hah!
But the fact that he keeps saying how he has dropped it on the rock and sand numerous times, id say not a plate coral..... I dont know? Im so confused! Every time I look at it I see something different.... Its a Duncan! Haha!

 

[kashman100]

Google green tentacle anemone and scroll through images. I still think thats it

 

[Zack K]

Google green tentacle anemone and scroll through images. I still think thats it

GLTA (Green Long Tentacle Anemone)is what it looks like. May be a sort of Japanese or Indonesian toadstool as well. It sounds like it is glued to a flat ceramic frag plug though. If that's the case that explains why the anemone isn't moving. Although is kind of cruel.

 

[Fish Werx]

So, I turned off my flow and this is what my torch looks like. From this poor angle you can see a defined mouth and the light and darker green striations. And the tentacles are spaced out like the OPs pic. If mine were smaller and had less tentacles, I think it would look extremely like the OPs pic? .. But again, could be wrong.

 

[Cflip]

I took more photos today

 

[Fish Werx]

I stand corrected.... Baffled... Confused.... I'd prob put that dude down in the sand....

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

In the beginning I would have sworn it was a torch. But that last set of pics threw me for a loop. Gorgeous piece whatever it may be.

 

[Fish Werx]

With no other options that I could even consider, I'd say Heliofungia actiniformis. LTPC... I've never seen the bottom of one, but I can say with conviction that's not a torch base. And like no anemone I've ever seen. So, process of elimination.... I may have learned something in this thread. Thank you!

 

[Fish Werx]

Lets let @Encore chime in. He has and probably still has all of what we have been conjecturing on for the last 3 days! Haha!

 

[Cflip]

Well now does anyone know how big it will get? Back to the question I posted.

 

[Cflip]

With no other options that I could even consider, I'd say Heliofungia actiniformis. LTPC... I've never seen the bottom of one, but I can say with conviction that's not a torch base. And like no anemone I've ever seen. So, process of elimination.... I may have learned something in this thread. Thank you!

It didn't like the new spot so I moved it today. I siphon the sand so I rather not put it there seems to like the rocks.

 

[Zack K]

We appreciate the pic! Definitely a big help. Let's see if @WWC or @randyBRS can identify

 

[Encore]

For sure not an anemone unless it has attavhed to a dead euphyllia base id say. Im going to go torch. At first i was thinking long plate but the tentacles are usually the same thickness from base to tip seems like and the center of the base looks like it was cut off of a branching coral where both my plates dont have the circle in the center. With a center mouth and from the skeleton im guessing torch. They can send aggresive tentacles to neighbors but wont move or anything

 

[Cflip]

For sure not an anemone unless it has attavhed to a dead euphyllia base id say. Im going to go torch. At first i was thinking long plate but the tentacles are usually the same thickness from base to tip seems like and the center of the base looks like it was cut off of a branching coral where both my plates dont have the circle in the center. With a center mouth and from the skeleton im guessing torch. They can send aggresive tentacles to neighbors but wont move or anything

It's a LT plate already. It's the link I posted from Reefwise!

 

[Zack K]

It's a LT plate already. It's the link I posted from Reefwise!

The only reason I would hesitate on Garunteing it's a LTP is due to the fact that it has lived off the sand bed and their is a little knob coming off the bottom of it.

 

[Zack K]

Well now does anyone know how big it will get? Back to the question I posted.

This is tough to answer if it is still 100% unidentified. If it is a HelioFungia it can grow to be 6",8",9" if water conditions are right and it's not damaged. If it is a torch it can get to be 8",10",12" in diameter with multiple heads. Plus a few inches for the dangerous sweeper tentacles. Also depends on their environment.

 

[Fish Werx]

It's a LT plate already. It's the link I posted from Reefwise!

Then just check the website to see how big it will get? Or liveaquaria, ir blue zoo aquatics or Google.....

 

[Encore]

If its a LTP i doubt it will make 9" in captivity. If torch you will be fine. From the bottom of the skeleton i still think branching torch cut smooth at the base because of the center cut section

Plates have the same center point but not that big because they dont branch as they spawn. Im not sure im 100% but doesnt look like a LTP to me from the skeleton

 

[Zack K]

If its a LTP i doubt it will make 9" in captivity. If torch you will be fine. From the bottom of the skeleton i still think branching torch cut smooth at the base because of the center cut section

Plates have the same center point but not that big because they dont branch as they spawn. Im not sure im 100% but doesnt look like a LTP to me from the skeleton

their is a nub but it doesn't aril out more than a mm or 2mm