Is this a zoa? Id please.

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Hi guys,

Got this super "flat" looking zoa or mushroom.

Can't quite make it. Can you Id, if it's a zoa and if not what it is ?

 

[sfin52]

Hi guys,

Got this super "flat" looking zoa or mushroom.

Can't quite make it. Can you Id, if it's a zoa and if not what it is ?

 

[Seansea]

Mushrooms

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Mushrooms

Thanks.

I know about the others being zoas though.

That's funny I don't recall having those shrooms haha.

Never bought it. What type is it ? Just general morph?

 

[Tavero]

Pavona decussata if there is a calcium skeleton below

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Pavona decussata if there is a calcium skeleton below

I don't think there's calcium skeleton, but I guess I'd have to poke it with my finger to see how it feels.

 

[Seansea]

Dont think thats a pavona laying that flat. Mushrooms come in so many colors and variety its hard to tell which that is.

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Dont think thats a pavona laying that flat. Mushrooms come in so many colors and variety its hard to tell which that is.

Haha I will call it psychedelic shrooms.

I guess time will tell as they do their thing, I will observe to be more certain of the coral.

It's just so strange how flatly attached the coral is, and very different from morphs I've seen.

Maybe I will try to feed the coral to see how is it's feeding response.

(If it's morph they usually make a little cone shape to gobble the food from observing my morphs in the tank).

Cheers fellas.

 

[Tavero]

Dont think thats a pavona laying that flat. Mushrooms come in so many colors and variety its hard to tell which that is.

If it's just a single polyp? How else should it grow. I have the same kind of growth in my tank. Growth pattern isn't useful for identification. If there is no skeleton underneath it's a mushroom.

 

[encrustingacro]

Definitely not a shroom; it's some sort of stony coral. Hard to ID when just a juvenile; grow it out and see what looks like.