Some Kind of Green Carpet!

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  1. delalaym

    delalaym Plankton

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    I have no idea what that is. It is growing next to my mushrooms. It is green and there is some purple tubes growing beside it... Any idea??

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  2. salsalito25

    salsalito25 Stylophora

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    Looks like Zoanthads... and some brown stuff the the right of it
     
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  3. RHorton

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    +1 on the zoas, nice hitchhiker to get!
     
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  4. delalaym

    delalaym Plankton

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    You mean it's Zoanthids? Is it good? Is it gonna kill my mushroom?
     
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  5. salsalito25

    salsalito25 Stylophora

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    OH very good.. and will not kill anything... Zoa's are photsinthetic."SP" and are very easy to care for..
     
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  6. RHorton

    RHorton Pajama Cardinal

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    yes Zoanthids, no I don't believe they will kill your mushrooms, although I would take zoas over mushrooms any day but that is my personal preference.
     
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  7. delalaym

    delalaym Plankton

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    So the purple tubes are zoanthids? What about the green carpet beside it?
     
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  8. salsalito25

    salsalito25 Stylophora

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    The green stuff is smaller and harder to Id .... almost looks like Clove polyps. but i am not certain...
     
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  9. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    green "carpet" looks like an encrusting montipora capricornis, if not a monti then it is definitely some sort of encrusting SPS, good score!
     
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  10. Vancop

    Vancop Skunk Shrimp

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    Green star polyps ?
     
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