ID please !!!

[DEEPWATER]

I have beeen trying to get an ID on the coral for a while now ,i got it as a hitchhiker and cant get an ID on it ,,ppl say its a baby plate coral but aftr a few months ,there is no signs of any plate growing on the bottom of it ,its very meaty and moves with the current of the water ,it has a stem that it grow off of .

Ronen

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Is it a type of blasto?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'd say it was axifugia retaposiria

 

[simike]

very cool ...illl take it jk

 

[Deanos]

Fungiid anthocauli.

Excerpt: Reproduction can be sexual but is often encountered in the form of asexually produced daughter colonies, called anthocauli. These asexual bits grow and break off a parent, making their lives on the bottom separately...Acanthocauli attached on a rock in captivity.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Hang over + Latin = Bigger headache than before

Dean and Kris

 

[prattreef]

I agree with Dean. Asexual Fungia offspring.

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

I would say its a fungia, or the closely related and identical looking polyphilia or slipper coral for short. Hey Kris its doin good. Now back to topic

 

[DEEPWATER]

OK ,,update on this coral ,,it has not formed a plate yet ,its about 3" round and looks great ,,so does anyone have a clue or is this just some type new Fungia

 

[crox99]

Ronen

do you have a new picture of that coral (plate)?:shocked1:

 

[DEEPWATER]

Ill get a pic up tomorrow ,lights are off

 

[crox99]

:Hydrogen: :Hydrogen:

 

[lfsmarineguy]

it's definitely a fungid I have the same thing in my tank except purple with a neon green mouth. Same exact skeletal stalk.

 

[reefman]

nice baby plate

 

[DEEPWATER]

ok ,,baby plate ?> Its around 3 1/2" now yet no plate ,just a stalk and lots of flesh .

so my next question is ,how long does a plate coral take for the plate to grow ,Ive seen and sold 2 to 3 " plate corals before .this is way bigger then those ,plus i do know it looks like a plate coral

Ronen

 

[Deanos]

Ill get a pic up tomorrow ,lights are off

rotest: Nearly 3 months later....

 

[DEEPWATER]

rotest: Nearly 3 months later....

Im slow like that you know .I have this problem that need to be fixed ,i think some s tryna fix it on the board :lol2:

Ill ge apic soon ,plus you were here the pthe day you saw it

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

That thing he got is big now I think its what we all have been guessing it was. I have one too with bright green tentacles and orange mouth. Ronen does yours have a different colored mouth. Id say if it has a colored mouth its a fungia if not its a polyphillia since the one I have doesn't have a colored mouth. well at least the one Kris gave me doesn't.its pretty and bright as hell but he's banned to the back because its got beef with everything.

 

[Deanos]

Ill ge apic soon

Get a photo also, after disturbing it with flow from a turkey baster...I'm interested in seeing how it looks closed :scratch: We might get a shot of the skeleton.

 

[DEEPWATER]

Get a photo also, after disturbing it with flow from a turkey baster...I'm interested in seeing how it looks closed :scratch: We might get a shot of the skeleton.

NP ,ill do that in a few hrs ,gotta go and batts are dead on the camera i just tried