Mystery LPS ID

CodeToad · #1 04/03/2005, 08:39 PM

Was examining my family's 120 gallon reef and I saw this guy. It looks sorta like a fungia but its hard to see and even harder to photograph. It is hidden in the shadow of a pretty large pagota cup coral and the only way for the camera to see it is at a sharp angel through the glass, so that means a craptacular picture.

I never placed anything there or bought anything that resembles this, so it may have been a hitchhiker? It looked like some sort of coralmorphian at first but I poked it (of course) and it deff has a hard LPS skeleton.

Any ideas?

bugsy714 · #2 04/03/2005, 09:48 PM

was it meaty? How big is it? I'd say it was either a scolomia or a blasto of some sort, looks cool!

enitnelaVeyaF · #3 04/03/2005, 10:30 PM

Don't larval fungia attach to rock like that? Thats what I thought of first and I'd say thats pretty possible, but now i see it may have tentacles off the outer disk... pretty cool regardless of what it is. what color is it?

bugsy714 · #4 04/03/2005, 11:40 PM

taking a closer look I could definitely see fungia, how big is it?

CodeToad · #5 04/03/2005, 11:51 PM

Its probably about twice the size of a quarter, and If I had to guess on its ID I would say fungia as well. Its kinda redish brown. This summer I may move the pagoda so I can get a better look

bugsy714 · #6 04/04/2005, 02:26 AM

Do those eventually break free to roam the sand bed?