mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 i have these things that were on a piece of rock i got.they started out small and few.now after just over a year they are much bigger and there are several of them.i have never seen anything else just like them before.i dont have a good size reference except they are nearly as big a round as a baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 It looks like a type of hairy mushroom coral. i have some but mine are all brown. they to get real big and have already split from 5 to 7 of them. Look this up online and see what you can find. i have these things that were on a piece of rock i got.they started out small and few.now after just over a year they are much bigger and there are several of them.i have never seen anything else just like them before.i dont have a good size reference except they are nearly as big a round as a baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 i have one type of hairy mushroom.it looks totally different.this could certainly be a different type.i first thought it was some type of paly.then it got this big and doesnt look so much like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 well when you find out let me know. It looks cool. Might even want one i have one type of hairy mushroom.it looks totally different.this could certainly be a different type.i first thought it was some type of paly.then it got this big and doesnt look so much like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 if i ever figure out for sure i will certainly let you know.i like them ok,but my wife loves them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medi Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 looks like rock anemones to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I have some as well. They are not rock anemones, and they certainly are not hairy mushrooms. I've been told several times that they are a rare Palythoa not often found in the hobby. I like them. Mine move around all the time. What is strange is how they look exactly like my Duncans but without the skeleton. I will be watching to see if anyone thinks they know what they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 medi:with the mouths the way they are they resemble some sort of small anemone,but they never have moved or done anything else to make me think thats what they were. mike:i always thought they were identical to duncans as well.excepth the skeleton being nonexistant and they seem to have more color then most of the duncans i have seen.mine are in a rock that is very unique.it looks like ot has tubes attached to it,but it is the rock itself.these things come from inside those tubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My first guess was rock anemone as well but the tubes you are describing would throw that theory. Can we see a pick of the tubes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindside Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I have heard of these before. What mike said, I heard they where a type of. Rare palythoa, I think I heard of ckimble having a whole colony of something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 the tubes are part of the rock.not the "thing"the thing has a foot for each separate mouth.the foot is just inside the tube on the rock so that the "thing" extends out of these holes in the rock. My first guess was rock anemone as well but the tubes you are describing would throw that theory. Can we see a pick of the tubes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Similar to the whisker coral? whisker coral I think mine have a tub though, but didn't touch them long and it doesn't look calcified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medi Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 If those are palys, then those are bad***. I want a frag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 i honestly think they are some sort of paly.they have no skeleton.only a soft"foot".if i ever find out for sure and they are as rare as they seem. . . i'll have to give em a fancy name,frag em,then have me an auction :-) its almost vacation time and gas is skyrocketing again. If those are palys, then those are bad***. I want a frag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefman Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I just picked off about 3 of them about a week ago that were growing up around my tubbs zoo's. I have had them a various times in the past, always getting rid of them, and considered them a nuisance as if left alone, they seem to start taking over and killing off anything near them. I didn't know they were supposed to be rare. I saw one eat a hermit crab that had left its shell and gotten too close while on its way to its new shell. I think they are a type of Paly. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 And not to be confused with majano anemones. BTW are not Duncans called Whisker Corals by some, not positive so just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoburns Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 And not to be confused with majano anemones. BTW are not Duncans called Whisker Corals by some, not positive so just asking. Yes, Whisker and Duncans are the same. Duncan is short for their real name Duncanopsammia axifuga. Whisker Coral is like saying Frogspawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Elegance coral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Any chance for a frag of that orange and green UTC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 frag what??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 UTC - Unknown Tank Critter. I'd love a small piece of rock with 4 or 5 heads on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 i will try to make a couple of frags if/when i ever figure out what they are.they would only have 1-2 heads per frag.i know mike said his were not,but after watching them eat i keep thinking they could be some sort of rock anemone.i took sone pics yesterday of them eating.i'll try to post them tonight or yomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdavis735 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 here are some pics of the thing eating.i fed some frozen brine,pe mysis and some pink frozen food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Really look like Rock Anemones to me. Just my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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