Coral id

[Shane0f]

Has any one heard of a posie coral this is what I was told this was
Looks to me like fluffy morphs


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[Istrom]

Looks like some type of mushroom to me. They grow like crazy too.

 

[Shane0f]

Better pic with white light


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[Shane0f]

Mushrooms and morphs are the same thing yeah. ?


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[Istrom]

Yeah, i don't know though.

 

[Shane0f]

Yea they are or u don't know lol


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[Sniperhank]

Morphs are not mushrooms. They are mushrooms. The morph refers to different color variations of specific corals.

The little guy right below them though is aiptasia, which is a pest glass anemone. You'll want to use a product like aiptasia-x, joe's juice, or boiling lemon juice or water to kill it off before it starts to spread. They can overwhelm a tank and sting livestock.

 

[Shane0f]

Yes I know it's apstatia thanks
I was wanted an id of the coral lol


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[Masoniac]

That would be blastmussa

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[Shane0f]

Spot on thanks mate


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[Sniperhank]

That would be blastmussa

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Blasto's are LPS and have a calcium based skeleton, which this does not have. You can see the base of the mushrooms on the right side and see that it is not the case.

 

[Shane0f]

So what are u saying it is


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[Sniperhank]

They are mushrooms.

To be more specific in terms of the kind of mushrooms...Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Bullseye Rhodactis Mushroom Coral

 

[Masoniac]

Blasto is often called a posie coral. I say it is blasto and not mushroom.

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[Masoniac]

You can see the inner and outside are different colors. With so many in one spot you wont always see the skeletal base.

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[Sniperhank]

You can see the inner and outside are different colors. With so many in one spot you wont always see the skeletal base.

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Not to sit and argue about it and beat the dead horse, as the OP can figure it out from here I'd hope, but it isn't inflating like a blasto and other LPS do. If OP would like, I can try to remember to take a picture of the hairy mushrooms in my tank during my days off to see how they cluster just like that...but that can occur via PM if interested.

 

[Shane0f]

All good guys not massively important since they both have the same requirements
Either way I reckon it's pretty cool
Cheers


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[bribo12]

If you cause them to shrink, is there a skeleton underneath?


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[Shane0f]

Yeah can see one at night when lights go off


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[bribo12]

Like it shrinks into the skeleton? Then they're blastomussa sp.


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