Rhizo or......?

noirsphynx · 07/22/2009, 10:43 AM

What does everyone think this is.......possibly a Rhizo? I bought it as a hitchhiker on a frag from a LFS. It was the size of pencil eraser but is quickly growing. In a month and a half it's grown to the size of a quater.

It has a hard skeletal structure and here it is after I've touched it. It's also very carnivorous

noahm · 07/22/2009, 10:55 AM

cool, tagging along.

landlord · 07/22/2009, 10:55 AM

Hitchhiking Plate Coral????

I have them too and that is my guess. I can see mine grow (almost like mushrooms) out of the liverock and they break off and litter my sandbed. They look identical.

landlord

noirsphynx · 07/22/2009, 11:02 AM

Yup, now that I've had a look on the net I believe it's a plate coral baby too. I actually got two of them on the frag.

landlord · 07/22/2009, 11:08 AM

When I set my SPS tank up back in 2007 I got about 40 lbs of the nano liverock from PhisyBusiness. This stuff was basically balls of pocillipora covered in coralline. In any case it was about a year later that these little plate suckers just started popping out like mad. I get about 1 per month (that I can find). In various colors but the green ones are the most striking. I get a lot of mottled colored ones too.

Pretty neat stuff

07/22/2009, 10:43 AM	#1
noirsphynx Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 54	Rhizo or......? What does everyone think this is.......possibly a Rhizo? I bought it as a hitchhiker on a frag from a LFS. It was the size of pencil eraser but is quickly growing. In a month and a half it's grown to the size of a quater. It has a hard skeletal structure and here it is after I've touched it. It's also very carnivorous

07/22/2009, 10:55 AM	#3
landlord Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alexandria, KY Posts: 1,937	Hitchhiking Plate Coral???? I have them too and that is my guess. I can see mine grow (almost like mushrooms) out of the liverock and they break off and litter my sandbed. They look identical. landlord __________________ Forget the Turtle Man, you got the Coral Man Live Action Fragging! Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon SPS Reef (Sump, Fuge, Skimmer, CX reactor, Chemical filtration, Overflow) by Lifereef, 2x400W 20K Radiums on IceCaps, 2x39W T5 "For fun", RK2, 4x Tunze 6055, Aqua Logic 1/3 HP Chiller, DIY RO/DI ATO 2-Part via Litermeter. Lotsa Clownfish

07/22/2009, 11:08 AM	#5
landlord Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alexandria, KY Posts: 1,937	When I set my SPS tank up back in 2007 I got about 40 lbs of the nano liverock from PhisyBusiness. This stuff was basically balls of pocillipora covered in coralline. In any case it was about a year later that these little plate suckers just started popping out like mad. I get about 1 per month (that I can find). In various colors but the green ones are the most striking. I get a lot of mottled colored ones too. Pretty neat stuff __________________ Forget the Turtle Man, you got the Coral Man Live Action Fragging! Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon SPS Reef (Sump, Fuge, Skimmer, CX reactor, Chemical filtration, Overflow) by Lifereef, 2x400W 20K Radiums on IceCaps, 2x39W T5 "For fun", RK2, 4x Tunze 6055, Aqua Logic 1/3 HP Chiller, DIY RO/DI ATO 2-Part via Litermeter. Lotsa Clownfish

07/22/2009, 10:55 AM	#2
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	cool, tagging along.

07/22/2009, 11:02 AM	#4
noirsphynx Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 54	Yup, now that I've had a look on the net I believe it's a plate coral baby too. I actually got two of them on the frag.