What is this? Mushroom or anemome?

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I bought this as a mushroom, but the bigger it gets it looks like an anemome. Same thing?

Whatever it is, can I move it to a lesser light, lower flow area?
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Rhodactis/Mushroom. It will grower bigger and spread.
Will it always be one mushroom? Can I move it to a lower light/flow area?

I'm trying to free up some space on the sand. I can also move it to the side if needed where it will still get light and flow.
 
Will it always be one mushroom? Can I move it to a lower light/flow area?

I'm trying to free up some space on the sand. I can also move it to the side if needed where it will still get light and flow.
The mushroom will split and you will eventually get multiple mushrooms and yes mushrooms do just fine in low light and low flow.
 
They do well with low light, low flow so I'd go ahead and move it; you can always relocate if it isn't doing well. Will probably spread through pedal laceration. No such thing as "one" mushroom, lol.
 
Its a Rhodactis mushroom, could get as big as 10cm. Shrooms are related to the Anemone but are grouped away from them in their own order Corallimorphs. Corallimorphs look like anemone and have a foot and can move like an Anemone and they have no skeleton. But Corallimorphs internals are almost identical to some stony corals.
 

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