Identification help please

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  1. Michaelr5

    Michaelr5 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I would like some help identifying this critter. I originally thought this was a musroom of some sort. It came on a piece of LR and was about the size of a dime and smooth. It is now about 1.5" across and has developed these tendrils on it. Any Ideas?

    Mike

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  2. acenia

    acenia Spaghetti Worm

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    Looks like a ricordea. Nice freebee.
     
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  3. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    ya either a ricordia or a fuzzy shroom :)
     
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  4. Reef Lover

    Reef Lover Sea Dragon

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    A fuzzy shroom looks hairy. Kind of like a bad hair day.
     
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    Reef Lover Sea Dragon

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  6. Michaelr5

    Michaelr5 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Thanks for the help guys! :)

    Mike
     
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  7. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    not all fuzzy mushrooms look hairy...:p i have one that looks sorta like the polyps r giving me the peace sign XD
     
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  8. jonathan

    jonathan Aiptasia Anemone

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    i agree with acenia that it's a ricordia, if not possibly a rhodactis (discocoma) variation.
     
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  9. Jason McKenzie

    Jason McKenzie Super Moderator

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    Ya fuzzy Mushroom or Yuma have forked polypy things

    I would say a Ricordia of some sort.

    Is it in high flow? or low light? Ricordia will look like that in both situations

    J
     
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  10. rickzter

    rickzter Torch Coral

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    definetly in the ricordea family, c'mon guys. Look at the nipples! ;D
     
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