Coral ID
 

i got some rock to seed my tank about a year ago and i noticed this small bright green dot watched it for a long time waiting for it to get big enough to get an id its about the size of a dime and it looks like it has feeder tentacles so im thinking lps but i just cant tell this is a macro shot best i could get with min knowlage of cameras ignore the aiptasia lol
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It looks very similar to a hitchhiker I ended up with in my tank. Some sort of mushroom or anenome that spreads like crazy - I literally have hundreds of them now. Unless you want it to spread throughout your reef I would take measures now and get rid of it while you can.

Try and make it close up and see what it does. If it purses up, it's a mushroom. If it shows a skeleton, it's an lps. It still won't give you a specific ID but at least it'll give you a starting point.

If there's feeder tentacles it could be majano anemone, if it is get rid of them fast as they spread in plague proportions.

Wish it would spread and kill those dam pesky brown Paly/ zoas now those spread like crazy lol
How long did it take to spread? It has been a year since i first noticed it
I'm pretty sure (although not 100%) its not a majano I have had them before and they looked a lot diff then this guy, u would think I would have more then one after a year it also has some wicked green floresence to it and my majanos were a dullish green not floresent

I have some of these also. As Greg mentioned they reproduce quite rapidly, and when they attach to a rock they are very hard to remove. Mine came in as a hitchhiker on a coral base. Now I have about 20 of them scattered throughout my tank.
People tell me that they are mini maxes but I thought mini maxes were bigger in diameter, as these are the size of a loonie/toonie I wonder if there is a market for them :biggrin:
Here are the ones I have...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...2/DSC_9460.jpg

As compared to a mini max that I have, three inch diameter...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...2/DSC_9488.jpg

There is definitely a market for Maxi Minis. :wink:

They don't look much like maxi minis to me but I would be interested in a couple if the opportunity came up.

mini minis maybe??? they dont get mucg bigger than a toonie

Yes those are the same as what I have and they move fast and seem to want to move toward anything new in the tank and attach to them. They are a PITA. Get rid of them while you just have 20 because in another year you'll have hundreds.