ID these 2?

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 04:07 PM

First one looks like it's "splitting" into two.

Second one are these tiny white/pink looking things with sorta "nubs" around the discs. They almost look like little cute flowers lol.

tebstan · 01/21/2012, 04:43 PM

pic 1 is a ricordea - very nice

pic 2 looks like they might be bleached out majanos or some other pest anemone. They look a little squat in that pic, do they ever spread out more? When/if they do, do they have long tentacles, bubbly tipped tentacles?

The don't look like zoas or palys because I see no sign of colonizing or matting.

Cptn Spaulding · 01/21/2012, 04:45 PM

I'll say the second pic is bleached out shrooms of sorts. too hard to ID without a head-on photo.

tebstan · 01/21/2012, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cptn Spaulding

I'll say the second pic is bleached out shrooms of sorts. too hard to ID without a head-on photo.

Ooh, good possibility. That didn't occur to me, I've never seen them so bleached out. I've seen them detach to float around for a better spot before looking so bad.

Zappo · 01/21/2012, 05:13 PM

Are the pics of the same rock or two different rocks? The things in the 2nd pic have little nubs around the edges that make it look like a bleached ricordea. Maybe babies from the larger one?

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 05:59 PM

2nd pic is a different rock. I have never seen tentacles on the 2nd ones. I will try to get a head on pic of them. They do look like mushrooms.

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 06:14 PM

Wow looking at the cost of ricordia I got a nice hitchhiker for sure!

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 06:26 PM

Here is a head on pic of the 2nd ones.

tebstan · 01/21/2012, 06:41 PM

That top one has nubs! They might all be ricordea! Nice hitch hiker! I see starfish arm or two also

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 06:44 PM

Yea I have hundreds of brittle stars.

And if those are also ricordia that would be awesome. There are several of them!

Saltydrip · 01/21/2012, 06:49 PM

I don't have anything good on my live rock.

Where did you buy yours?

greengeco82 · 01/21/2012, 06:49 PM

there is also a foot from a star

f3honda4me · 01/21/2012, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saltydrip

I don't have anything good on my live rock.

Where did you buy yours?

I was fortunate enough to find someone who was selling off their stuff and so I got all my rock from him. It was in a tank that had been running for years, so I got really lucky. My cycle barely even happened, it was all of like 3 days.

zigzag1 · 01/22/2012, 12:54 AM

The first pic is Ricordea, and the second pic appears to me to be colonial tunicates.

f3honda4me · 01/22/2012, 11:36 AM

After doing a lot more digging I'm convinced the 2nd ones are bleached yuma.

In fact they look almost identical to:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1417075

I'm encouraged because they are starting to grow in size and starting to get some color.

Zappo · 01/22/2012, 02:53 PM

Good to hear! Baby yumas grow fast once they're able to get a little light. You should have a bunch of them soon.

gmate · 01/22/2012, 03:50 PM

Second picture looks like bleached mushrooms or ricordeas. Leave them, they'll probably come back to life - they're pretty hardy beginner corals.

01/21/2012, 04:43 PM	#2
tebstan Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 961	pic 1 is a ricordea - very nice pic 2 looks like they might be bleached out majanos or some other pest anemone. They look a little squat in that pic, do they ever spread out more? When/if they do, do they have long tentacles, bubbly tipped tentacles? The don't look like zoas or palys because I see no sign of colonizing or matting. __________________ Washington's Rule #110: Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

01/21/2012, 06:41 PM	#9
tebstan Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 961	That top one has nubs! They might all be ricordea! Nice hitch hiker! I see starfish arm or two also __________________ Washington's Rule #110: Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

01/21/2012, 06:49 PM	#11
Saltydrip Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,826	I don't have anything good on my live rock. Where did you buy yours? __________________ Current tank 48" 75g DT w/ 55g sump/fuge.

01/22/2012, 12:54 AM	#14
zigzag1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 1,276	The first pic is Ricordea, and the second pic appears to me to be colonial tunicates. __________________ :beer: Mixed Reef, started 10/2004: 6' BB 125g DT, 100lbs LR, 40g sump, Dual Ehiem 1000 returns, Eshopps dual overflow, JBJ ATO, Vertex IN-180, PM Ca reactor, 250w MH w/VHO Actinic, AC3 w/Aquasurf, Tunze 6105 pair & 40B frag tank 8 Fish, 20+ corals, shrimp, snails, worms, bugs, etc.

01/22/2012, 03:50 PM	#17
gmate MASC Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 2,267	Second picture looks like bleached mushrooms or ricordeas. Leave them, they'll probably come back to life - they're pretty hardy beginner corals. __________________ https://www.marinecolorado.org/ 180, 90 and 50 gallon reef ready systems. Fragging & trading since 2010. Current Tank Info: 180g, 90g & 50g frag tank

01/21/2012, 04:45 PM	#3
Cptn Spaulding Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 598	I'll say the second pic is bleached out shrooms of sorts. too hard to ID without a head-on photo.

01/21/2012, 05:13 PM	#5
Zappo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 582	Are the pics of the same rock or two different rocks? The things in the 2nd pic have little nubs around the edges that make it look like a bleached ricordea. Maybe babies from the larger one?

01/21/2012, 05:59 PM	#6
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	2nd pic is a different rock. I have never seen tentacles on the 2nd ones. I will try to get a head on pic of them. They do look like mushrooms.

01/21/2012, 06:14 PM	#7
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Wow looking at the cost of ricordia I got a nice hitchhiker for sure!

01/21/2012, 06:44 PM	#10
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Yea I have hundreds of brittle stars. And if those are also ricordia that would be awesome. There are several of them!

01/21/2012, 06:49 PM	#12
greengeco82 Reefer Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pittsburg, CA Posts: 584	there is also a foot from a star

01/22/2012, 11:36 AM	#15
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	After doing a lot more digging I'm convinced the 2nd ones are bleached yuma. In fact they look almost identical to: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1417075 I'm encouraged because they are starting to grow in size and starting to get some color.

01/22/2012, 02:53 PM	#16
Zappo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 582	Good to hear! Baby yumas grow fast once they're able to get a little light. You should have a bunch of them soon.