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I would have to respectfully disagree with the chalice, I have seen tons of photos of them, and actually own a few and they do not look anything like that. They form more of a plate than a huge skeleton like yours has. Looks at the different types of favia's and chalices on google and tell me if that changes your mind.

 

I think this one is right too



These are the ones i'd like to figure out:

I think this could be frog spawn but this is the farthest it's been out so far. I have another nest of branches that look similar and are also bleached. The branches of everything are all super dark. The branches in the above image are the lightest but this looks like a new frag recently put into the tank. The girl that sold me the tank had a calcium IV in 24/7 but it looks like all the coral show signs of calcium neglect. I think the bleaching is a result of the way they had the rocks all stacked up against the back of the tank with the light directly above so most of the coral was in shadow. The monti cap is the one thing in there that looks full of life. i put it in 2 days ago. The guy from the LFS gave it to me in exchange for a star fish. The star kept eating my hermits so he had to go. The rest seem to be coming back like the bleached frogspawn, a little more each day.

I was thinking this might be some form of recordia or yuma? It's probably bleached but it's still really beautiful as a white mushroom in my oppinion. It glows under the moon light too.

I've seen this mushroom used by online coral dealers as an advertisement ... it might have been on here from one of the sponsors. It's bright pink and it's definitelly a form of mushroom. I've looked all over the fish stores on line and can't find a photo anywhere. I didn't think it would be so hard to find out what a bright pink mushroom is called? Or maybe it's called a bright prink mushroom and i'm chasing my tail

 

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I would have to respectfully disagree with the chalice, I have seen tons of photos of them, and actually own a few and they do not look anything like that. They form more of a plate than a huge skeleton like yours has. Looks at the different types of favia's and chalices on google and tell me if that changes your mind.[/quote]

 

The bright pink mushroom is indeed a blastomussa merletti, mushrooms do not form skeletons and that one appears to have been receding for some time.

 

You know what, your right! It's neither, I totally looked past it, search "favites"

 

Whatever they are, you've got some fine looking specimens there.

 

That looks right

I think you hit it that time. Favites it is .. or atleast that's how i will care for it.

I did a search for Blastomussa Merletti .. these are the coral that keep popping up Blastomussa Merletti Care Tips & Gallery at Blane Perun's TheSea.Org

Those don't look like mushrooms?

 

Thank you! i'm excited to see these transform into healthy coral. I'm doing all i know to bring them back. Nitrates are dropping more each day from the 2 day tank move last week. The last steps are care specific to each coral and finally install a top off system. They should put lables on tanks to let people know the bigger the tank the more evaporation. I have to put around 4 gallons a day of RO/DI topoff. Once i have my topoff system in place this will be my favorite hobby thus far in my life.

 

I am not mad one bit...and no offence taken here... we are all here to learn and well... get standed corrected when wrong.. ...!!hahaha .. Great looking corals.. and simply i am jealous..!!!


Good Luck..!!

 

Depends who you are asking, to me they kind of do but they are easier to tell apart from a mushroom. Mushroom polyps can get big, blasto's generally stay small and build their own skeleton structures. And I do have to agree, fantastic freebies