Coral ID?

[aleedabdybdr]

First-time poster, long-time follower of Reef2Reef. My cousin just picked up a 20 gallon used tank and we were able to identify all of the coral variations in it except this thing. It's about the size of a zoa polyp but looks more like a mushroom. It's the only one in the tank and there are no other mushrooms in the tank but is it maybe a baby Juggernaut Bounce, or St. Thomas shroom? I'm kind of baffled. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[bradleym]

It looks like a baby plate coral to me.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Blasto? Idk.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Skeleton?

 

[aleedabdybdr]

Skeleton?

Not that I can tell, it's pretty much always like this, doesn't close up at night, doesn't really shrink or grow throughout the day.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Skeleton?

It’s fleshy

 

[DeniseAndy]

Could be few things from what I see. I guess you may have to wait a bit as it grows up. Cool, mystery!

 

[aleedabdybdr]

It’s fleshy

Yeah, definitely looks soft and fleshy. I guess the larger bubbles do flatten out a little bit from time to time to look like more uniform lines. #deniseandy what are the few things that you think it could be??

 

[DeniseAndy]

Well, it could be a baby fungia (plate). Although I would expect these to be on a skeleton of a dead one. But the tentacles and inflation look like it.
Could be a shroom of some kind especially if some were already in the tank. Although the tentacles are weird for that type of coral.
Maybe a rock nem, but tentacles look a bit off.

If I had to pick one, I would guess a plate coral baby by the tentacles and structure of the mouth.

 

[aleedabdybdr]

Thank you so much! This has all been super helpful and SUPER fast, don't know why I waited so long to post. Thanks to everyone for their input!

 

[AlgaeBarn]

First-time poster, long-time follower of Reef2Reef. My cousin just picked up a 20 gallon used tank and we were able to identify all of the coral variations in it except this thing. It's about the size of a zoa polyp but looks more like a mushroom. It's the only one in the tank and there are no other mushrooms in the tank but is it maybe a baby Juggernaut Bounce, or St. Thomas shroom? I'm kind of baffled. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

So cute! I'm pretty sure it's a baby plate coral! -Raven

 

[Cell]

I vote blasto.

 

[Wasabiroot]

I want to say a baby Fungia or Cycloseris, but it also kinda looks like a Lithophyllon. Unfortunately some corals are hard to identify by appearance alone. A macroscopic view of the skeleton is the best bet, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in.