Rare Mushrooms?

[dollarz81]

Does anyone have any like these or ever seen these?


Glowing Orange Mushroom


Long Tenticle Mushrooms

[Aquai]

That 2nd image almost looks like GSP

[Travis L. Stevens]

The first one is just a basic Discosoma. It looks like a faded red one. I have one that looks quite similar. Pretty common

The second one looks more like Majanos Anemones. These are often considered pest anemones. Do you have better shots of it with the mouth, foot, vesicles, etc?

[dollarz81]

The discoma is orange, I have had it for almost a year and it has never split or been propagated. I have a ton of reds and pinks

They are definately mushrooms in the second pic, I have a few different colors of them. Seen them at a LFS and bought every one they had because I have never seen them before.

[dollarz81]

[kiknchikn]

Wow, the second series of pics of the 2nd shroom make it look like some kind of giant zoanthid/paly LOL...

That's a pretty crazy shroom. I've never seen anything like it.

[saltycreefer]

Those green ones are Anemonia species . They are pests and should be joes juiced .

[jhornik]

Yep......2nd pics are definatelly majano!

[dollarz81]

So what makes them pest?

They look nice, spread fast and sting other coral? Sounds like most corals we keep anyways.

[rpisces]

They are definately Majanos.

Most corals can sting but they dont move like this rock anemone.
They spread fast and can out grow your corals and will be an ugly sight if they are all around your tank like the Atapsia!.

I also have them in my tank but have removed most of it and is keeping track on the remainder

[terryp01]

The Mananos look nice now but wait until they take over your tank. Two words "Joe's Juice".

[dollarz81]

They are isolated on one rock so they should not spread.

[terryp01]

That is what I thought as well until they were on every rock in my tank.

[jessp]

yeah the majanos suck, they killed part of my fox coral and until taken care of irritated a portion of my open brain. get rid of them

[Hormigaquatica]

They are indeed majanos or some close relative- but they look nice A coral/anemone is only unwanted if you dont like it- I know many people consider dandy lions to be weeds, and still others who deliberately plant them.

That being said, they reproduce like Mad. They dont always do it right away, they can sometimes sit and look all safe for months or years, but rest assured, at some point the population will explode All Over your tank and start to sting the crap out of your other coral...

[Bpynckel]

Dollarz.. If you want to keep the majanos in your tank that is your decision... but you have been warned, Those little things will spread all over your tank and you will wish you had taken care of the problem sooner....

My .02

[dollarz81]

They have been moved to the refugium.

[sunny03]

Originally posted by dollarz81
The discoma is orange, I have had it for almost a year and it has never split or been propagated. I have a ton of reds and pinks

They are definately mushrooms in the second pic, I have a few different colors of them. Seen them at a LFS and bought every one they had because I have never seen them before.

can you take a pic of the pink mushroom ?

[FLricordia]

Yes, those in the 2nd pic are majanos. The exact looking color morph is in the LRS acro tank and are in great numbers on the glass and when they appear on the shelves that hold the acros they are removed. I have asked about them and they are not sold and if they are it is with the greatest hesitance by the owner.

[Large Polyp Dave]

i wouldn't even put them in the refugium. they can and will spread to the display.

As nice as they look, they are definitely pests and given proper reef conditions they will spread and infest your entire tank.

[CaptiveReefer03]

Quote: Does anyone have any like these or ever seen these?

Here is a pic that i just took of one of mine a bit different but I though you might enjoy it..

[sunny03]

wow that a pink yuma if i not wrong never have a chance to keep such a pink yuma must cost a lot

[SaltyDogg]

Originally posted by jhornik
Yep......2nd pics are definatelly majano!

Yup.....looks like Majanos Anemone's to me as well....

Sorta funny that a LFS is actually selling those to the public.

[Genetics]

Dollarz

What kind of lighting do you have on your tank? Your mushroom looks like a red discosoma and the majanos should be killed quickly. I had a one a few years back and didn't think too much of it because they stayed close to one another. Then one day they all started moving. The best part about these species are that they like to find your corals and integrate themselves in them eventually boring a hole in whatever you hold in regards. I hope you do the right thing.

[speckled trout]

Well, all be! Someone from my area actually made a post! It seems strange to me that so very few people from Houston, or even Texas for that matter, post on Reef Central. Rarely, do I see any.

What's really strange, is the fact that I know MANY MANY people keep reef tanks in this area, especially Houston.

By the way, I wondered the same thing about those anenomes when I saw them in City Pets. Donnie(owner's son) told me they were pests and I didn't want them. I asked the same exact question and got the same exact answer.