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Identification What in the heck is growing on my glass, corals, etc. Not sure what it is? Post here and we'll see if we can figure it out!

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Old 11-23-2007, 08:00 PM
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What are they?



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Old 11-24-2007, 05:49 AM
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Default Re: These corals came with my rocks

Look like mushrooms to me.
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Old 11-24-2007, 08:59 AM
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The first one Im unsure about, 2nd is a montipora undata encrusting/plating coral.
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Old 11-24-2007, 09:15 AM
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I think it might be a horn coral. These corals as well as a few others came with some live rock I got from a guy breaking down his tank. He broke all the sps growth off but the bases remained for most of them and some are showing signs of life and growth. There are a bunch of shrooms, zoos and star polyps too.

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Old 11-24-2007, 11:24 AM
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if the first one is a Hydnophora, you dont want to keep anything close to it, they are one of the more toxic corals that can easily injure other corals.
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Old 11-24-2007, 11:25 AM
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How much do you want for the undata?
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Old 11-24-2007, 12:54 PM
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The Hydnophora is away from everything, it's up high in the center of the tank. The undata isn't for sale, and not large enough to frag right now.
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Old 11-24-2007, 03:06 PM
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looks like u just got a free gift from mother nature worth about 120 bucks
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