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chris121277
10-25-2009, 03:20 AM
ok....so I picked up this unknown coral at the LFS (they had no idea what it was).....to me it looks like a shroom but it has balloon like polyps very similar to a frog spawn only purple and blue......underneath that is a layer of blueish green

Any ideas?

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq339/chris121277/reef%20tank/PA220001.jpg
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq339/chris121277/reef%20tank/PA220003.jpg
lorenz0
10-25-2009, 05:35 AM
looks like frogspawn. does it have a skeleton it can retract into?
chris121277
10-25-2009, 02:14 PM
nope......the body is very much like a mushroom
chris121277
10-26-2009, 03:32 PM
Nobody can tell me what this is called?
Drock169
10-26-2009, 04:32 PM
Rhodactis mushroom
dsaundry
10-26-2009, 07:49 PM
+1 on the Rhodactis mushroom
chris121277
10-26-2009, 09:50 PM
Thanx guys........I'm just googleing that trying to find a pic of one that looks like these 2.
Drock169
10-27-2009, 05:22 AM
Rhodactis covers a very large variety of mushrooms, it might take awhile to google one that looks like yours.