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No actually, what are these. I picked up some coral from a guy on fb marketplace and he had a whole bunch of these corals. He told me they were just mushrooms that grow like crazy. He gave me a couple with the coral I purchased for no extra charge. After a couple months these things have spread everywhere unlike any coral I know.

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I have red and green versions and they grab on the rock like an anemone. I’ve tried to I’d these on google lens but I get different answers every time ranging from aptasia, to duncans, to long tentacle anemones. When I purchased I thought they were pest mushrooms, but not I think they are some type pest anemone. Can someone help ID these guys and share any experience with handling them?
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They are Aptasia, pest.
Are you sure?
Atleast, to me, they look more like Majanos.
OP's photos show a green and somewhat bubbled look, textbook of Majanos
That’s what they looked like when they were smaller. As they get larger they start looking more like a nem.
 

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Those are not Aiptasia. Aiptasia are smaller, usually brown/grey, and often semi transparent. Their tentacles are pointy not rounded.

You can treat pretty much all unwanted corals with products like AiptasiaX or Arka/MicrobeLift Aip-Away. In my experience Aip-Away works better for corals like mushrooms and anemones.
 
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Yea, when they were smaller they looked like mushrooms, as they gotten bigger they have long tentacles and a foot just like a nem. I was seeing recession in my corals where these “mushrooms” were and that’s when I noticed the resemblance to a nem. I figured they were some kind of nem but I was hoping you guys would ID it as a harmless coral. I guess not lol. I’ll deal with them slowly, that are very beautiful and almost resemble gsp in large quantities.
 

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No actually, what are these. I picked up some coral from a guy on fb marketplace and he had a whole bunch of these corals. He told me they were just mushrooms that grow like crazy. He gave me a couple with the coral I purchased for no extra charge. After a couple months these things have spread everywhere unlike any coral I know.

20260712_101649_FB4F4394-A1BF-4785-A5ED-CB70A47AAFD2.png

I have red and green versions and they grab on the rock like an anemone. I’ve tried to I’d these on google lens but I get different answers every time ranging from aptasia, to duncans, to long tentacle anemones. When I purchased I thought they were pest mushrooms, but not I think they are some type pest anemone. Can someone help ID these guys and share any experience with handling them?
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Look to me like they could be Borneman’s Anemones.
 

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