Hitchhiker hiding out with some zoas...

[DangerDave]

Good morning peeps! Can anyone give me their opinion on what this is? It’s on a zoa rock I’ve had for almost 6 months, and I just saw it growing a few weeks ago. At first I thought it was a color morph, but now it doesn’t look like a zoa.

It almost looks like a baby rock flower anemone, but it’s across the tank and about 18 inches higher then my RFAs. I thought they end up right next to the parent anemone though?.

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Dave

 

[BootyPup]

While I have no clue what it is, I agree it's definitely not a zoa, and if it is, it's an odd one.

 

[ChiCity]

Could be majano

 

[DangerDave]

Could be majano

I didn’t think they were so colorfull...

 

[DangerDave]

Maybe a ball anemone?

 

[DSC reef]

Manjano can be very colorful. Does it have a skeleton or is it soft?

 

[DangerDave]

Manjano can be very colorful. Does it have a skeleton or is it soft?

That’s a good question. I’ll find out today...

 

[Palyzoa]

Need a close up picture.

 

[DangerDave]

Still waiting on the white lights, this is closer, still not the best pics...

 

[Palyzoa]

Did you ever find out of it had a hard skeleton or is it soft tissue only?

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Looks like a devonshire cup coral. Need a better picture though and to know if it has a skeleton.

 

[DangerDave]

Ok, there is a skeleton. Here is a pic with some white (and atinic) light on it.


Here is a pic of it retracted into the skeleton.

 

[DangerDave]

So talking this over on my reef club’s forum, and my favorite local vendor, Ultimate Coral, @hcker99 who has them in his tank. I have corals from UC, could easily of come from there.

Get this, baby plate coral!! I hope that is what this turns out to be ...

 

[najer]

I would say baby fungia, result.

 

[DangerDave]

Thanks for the input everyone, I'll follow up with some pics if I can get this little fungia to any size...

 

[DSC reef]

That's how we got our plate 5 years ago, A tiny little hitchhiker. Here's the plate now

 

[DangerDave]

That's a beautiful coral, thank you for the pic.