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Is this coming out of a dead plate coral? A larger picture might help.

 

It's hard to tell from the picture, but it's either aiptasia or majanos. In either case, not good.

 

I agree with JB---I think its majanos.

 

Incorrect. Those are baby fungia corals budding from a dead mother colony. They are neither majano nor aptasia anemones. This is a relatively unique reproductive strategy that is well documented, and can occur some time after the original coral has died. It is considered a rarity.

 

+1 Rdub I had this happen in my tank a few years ago. let it grow and frag them off to allow room for more


side note: anybody want fungia? ive got probably 30 of em from dime sized to pop can size some with double mouths feel free to pm me about it

 

That's interesting to know about the fungia... Never seen that before until now.

@marty: If you were closer, I'd take some. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/sad.gif

 

I have seen this, but usually not quite as populated from the articles that I have read in the past. When I have seen it happen in our tanks, it is a lot fewer.

Can you "break" them off of the plate? if they are actually fungia you should be able to have some type of hard skeleton structure.

 

yeah I let them grow on the "mother" untill I could pop them off with a flat head screw driver

 

I've had that happen on some of my skeletons.... but not near as many as that! That's awesome!