mushroom?

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  1. spongebob

    spongebob Flamingo Tongue

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    This just popped up in my tank I think it kind of looks like a mushroom?
     

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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    It could be a mushroom/Actinodiscus type or it could be Palys/Protopalythoa, I am leaning towards palys or Zoanthus.
     
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  3. spongebob

    spongebob Flamingo Tongue

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    They are right next to some ZOA's but it is brown and transparent so I wasn't thinking the were but when the blue lights were on there was a glow in the middle.
    Is that how they start out?
     
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  4. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    They could've lost their color for a number of reasons, including being stuck in the shade for a while before finally finding their way back into the light. They're definitely polyps, and most likely drop-offs from your colony, although it's always possible for a different species to have hitch hiked in.
     
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  5. DSC reef

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    +1 a polyp for sure.
     
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  6. spongebob

    spongebob Flamingo Tongue

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    He has neon in the center :)
     

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