Mushroom thingy?

[mcla6783]

Hello,

I am new at the marine hobby and figured this was the best place to go for help. I purchased some live rock today that had what looks like a soft coral or mushroom thingy.
Sorry if these are blurry, I had to use the camera phone.

and here is another

 

[RaveChild]

I have one of thoses too. Looks half dead most of the time though. I belive it is some type of anemone.

 

[RaveChild]

Another pic.

 

[mcla6783]

Am I supposed to be seeing a picture? All I see is something that says "smalll.jpg" but no picture.

Something I need to do different?

 

[revhtree]

I see the pic. But I dont know what it is.

 

[mcla6783]

Here are 3 more pictures

here is its belly ..

and one more

 

[revhtree]

Kinda looks like Ricordea. Check it out. http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=62&root_parent_id=4

 

[revhtree]

Or this one. http://www.meerwasserlexikon.de/anemonen/1049984191-1.jpg

 

[WarOrks15]

and just some norla shrooms. i would say. unless that is the underside of one of them.
they will do great in high-low light and will do well in high and low flwo. you cant really kill them. and they grow really fast. good starter coral. i am tellign you this becasue most people ask it after and id is made. sry if you already know this. i am not trying to make you look dumb in any way just answering upcomeing questions.

 

[mcla6783]

Awesome, thats what I wanted to hear. I noticed this thing appears to have a "mouth" in the middle. Am I supposed to feed it or does it get all the food it needs from the light and sifting?

 

[WarOrks15]

nope no need to feed them. they will and can eat but you dont have to feed them. if you do you can try just like dt to the tank. they will eat that but you dont have to do any thing special to them.

 

[mcla6783]

I noticed this morning that this thing was wrapped up like a tulip flower. It has also moved about 6 inches from its origional spot and it looks like its headed for another rock. After about 10 minutes of having the lights on it unfolded and expanded quite a bit.

I guess all of this is standard practice for these things?

 

[mcla6783]

Here is a MUCH better photo of this thing. I am using a different camera now.

 

[MT79]

Mushrooms can move like anemones, actually they are more closely related to anemones than to true corals. Thats a nice looking Ricordia...great hitch hiker!

 

[mcla6783]

the LFS I got the rock from charged me $15 for the rock and $5 for the mushroom because they didn't know what it was ... so it looked cool enough for $20 for the package so I grabbed it.