View Full Version : Probably not lps, but - ID anyway!
Trying to figure out what this sucker is.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8125/20130528203837.jpg
Thinking frogspawn. Not a ricordea.
Appreciate it.
This is an LPS often called Galaxy coral which is Galaxea spp.
reefwars
05-29-2013, 03:50 AM
Potent sting too lots of room from other corals they can have some killer sweepers:)
I know of the galaxea, I have a galaxea fascicularis.
Interesting. Thanks.
I know of the galaxea, I have a galaxea fascicularis.
Interesting. Thanks.
That is likely a good guess for the species of the one you posted, although a much more detailed photo with the polyps withdrawn would be needed for a species ID. Hairy Mushrooms can look very similar, but your pic does appear to be Galaxea spp.
The Grizz
05-29-2013, 03:59 AM
I was leaning more towards the hairy shroom. Does it have a hard bottom that the tenticals retract into or does it just kinda shrivel up a bit at night.
shrivles up at night to the size of a loonie.
Karsten
05-29-2013, 04:22 AM
Galaxy
noirsphynx
05-29-2013, 02:01 PM
I was leaning more towards the hairy shroom. Does it have a hard bottom that the tenticals retract into or does it just kinda shrivel up a bit at night.
+1
SeaHorse_Fanatic
05-29-2013, 06:26 PM
Its a green rhodactis mushroom, if its completely soft with no skeleton.
apexifd
05-29-2013, 07:16 PM
fuzzy mushroom
The results are in.
It is indeed a Rhodactis indosinensis (green hairy mushroom)
Thanks, all.
shrivles up at night to the size of a loonie.
Really? Usually you can see a change in the tentacles near the mouth of Hairy Mushrooms. Indeed you do describe a Mushroom.
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