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Can anyone identify what these are?

I was told by my LFS that they were mushrooms, though they looked unsure as they said that, and I’m still questioning lol

Got it 2 days ago
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So I’m not sure if they open up more, if they were fully open in the store than they only open up a little bit more..
But not sure if they only arrived shortly before. But it’s been a couple days, don’t think it’s gonna be a major difference

What interesting is that I have non reef safe fish, and have found that they don’t like mushrooms. So I have a bunch of mushrooms. And they don’t seem interested in these either. But that doesn’t mean that much..
Could just taste bad
 
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Aronsaquarium said:
Can anyone identify what these are?

I was told by my LFS that they were mushrooms, though they looked unsure as they said that, and I’m still questioning lol

Got it 2 days ago
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Micromussa or favites
need pic under white lights to confirm tissue or skeleton
 
they do close up similar to mushrooms when touched. I know that doesn’t mean much but has that skin on the back.

I’m searching the suggestions so far, found a couple that look similar

Kinda looks like both of these. It has a bright green mouth.
And there’s like white tissue around it when it’s being touched
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Oh yeah looks like favits too.

How can I tell which it is?

And if it’s not that important, is there anything I should know about feeding if needed and dosing if needed?

I don’t dose for my mushrooms and anemone. But not sure about these..
And I have coral feed plankton in the fridge. (Do they last more than a year?)
So I can feed that
 
It may be a blastomussa merletti. It seems to have a skeletal structure that may be branching, but it's difficult to say from the pics.
 
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Im gonna say Blastomussa. Definitely not a mushroom. Blastos arent a hard coral to care for, they do like to be fed especially mysis shrimp or pellets. They generally do not like too much light or flow. Give yours a few days to a week and it should extend alot more.
 
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Aronsaquarium said:
Can anyone identify what these are?

I was told by my LFS that they were mushrooms, though they looked unsure as they said that, and I’m still questioning lol

Got it 2 days ago
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Looks to me like it could be an Acan echinata
 
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