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found this in 5G reef in my office a couple of months (maybe more) ago. i thought it was a baby rock anemone and recently realized it has skeleton. it is very translucent with rainbow colors ..
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I was sure it wasnt aptasia as it had thicker tentacles and and it was confirmed when i saw the skeleton when it was affected (not so much) by an ato failure for 'who knows how long' while i was out of the office for 10 days. i thought about fungia but it wasn't flat! i guess it needs to grow little more to be flat? should i detach it from branch as the tiny acro brach it is on is not FLAT? if it is a fungia, cool. i never had a long tentacle fungia.
 
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hey i googled devonshire cup coral, and all those pictures were just like the one in the tank, although it is only 1/2" now. Is it a keeper or not? that is another question in my mind hearing the specie for the fist time.
 

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hey i googled devonshire cup coral, and all those pictures were just like the one in the tank, although it is only 1/2" now. Is it a keeper or not? that is another question in my mind hearing the specie for the fist time.
Sorry I didn't see a alert for this post. They aren't bad. Just don't put any corals near them because they can sting.
 

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A7C1671C-2B4F-4200-A6AD-CE2D5EA3DA17.jpeg Oh since this identification, it has grown... i think it turned into a fungia or it is in fact fungia? What do you think? It’s over a quarter size.
Wow, from the first pic I would have thought it was aiptasia. What a transformation!
 

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I got a baby plate that looked similar to yours too. It really did look more like a mushroom/aiptasia hybrid at first.
 

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lol- plate coral or tongue coral
 

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