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Is my mushroom a mushroom or an anemone? also w/ random pics

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    Default Is my mushroom a mushroom or an anemone? also w/ random pics

    first pic is the mushroom in question curled up in a ball. it was sold to me as a mushroom but i was wondering if its actually an anemone because well... it looks like it has a mouth and i wasnt aware that mushrooms had mouths, also it curls up in a ball like an anemone




    other random mushrooms and sponges in my tank



    my 1 anemone that turned into 2 anemones

    i have lots of tanks
    and im a welder who likes playing with glass

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    pic 1 I can't tell with it curled up
    pic 2 look like ricordea (yuma?)
    pic 3.4 could be split bubble tips?

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    Mushrooms do have mouths as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keri View Post
    pic 1 I can't tell with it curled up
    pic 2 look like ricordea (yuma?)
    pic 3.4 could be split bubble tips?
    the one in pic one looks similiar to the ones in 2 but it has alot more neon green color to it but it curls up in a ball unlike the ones in pic 2

    and yup, 3.4 are split bubble tips
    i have lots of tanks
    and im a welder who likes playing with glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by gklaw View Post
    Mushrooms do have mouths as well.
    oh, ok that makes way more sense. do they also curl up like that?
    i have lots of tanks
    and im a welder who likes playing with glass

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    mushrooms and nems are actually somewhat closely related.

    Both have mouths, both will curl up when pissed off or eating.

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    wanna sell one of em ? pm

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    most (if not all?) corals have mouths, some are just reallly really tiny.. sure its not just a fuzzy mushroom in second picture..

    as far as i know, shrooms dont close up like that... they ususally just shrink in size or curl there sides up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CisBackA View Post
    most (if not all?) corals have mouths, some are just reallly really tiny.. sure its not just a fuzzy mushroom in second picture..

    as far as i know, shrooms dont close up like that... they ususally just shrink in size or curl there sides up.
    Mushrooms close up like that sometimes, specially at night. By the way, that's a Yuma and not an anemone. That particular color that you have multiplies pretty fast. I wish the nice colorful ones multiplied as fast as the one pictured but sadly, that's not the case.

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    3 and 4 might be majano anemones, which are pests. Better keep an eye on them just in case.

 

 

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