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I have this mushroom which was hiding behinds rocks and a few months ago i found it and its now stuck to a rock, it now seems to get bigger every day, when i feed my fish it closes up, also my female clown fish has started to sit in it or host so im a bit worryed that it will get a tast for fish, its about 10-13cm across.
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549e6322ddabf6.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1391')
Ilovenemo
15-04-2009, 19:40
is that a mushroom? Doesnt look like any mushroom I ever saw!
Looks like it could be a ricordia sp mate.
I have one that goes like that from time to time and then perks back up mate.
If it's been behind rocks it may be a little bit fed up lol
this one eats large chunks of krill thats the thing that worries me a bit and it has a large mouth, i dont think its a ric
looks like a Rhodactis sp., these aren't fish eaters, but aprantly can take very small inverts.
looks like a Rhodactis sp., these aren't fish eaters, but aprantly can take very small inverts.
Looks like Bill could be right
http://fins.actwin.com/pics/Rhodactis_sp2.jpg
I saw this pic:
it looks exactly like yours:
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg131/wildbill19_photo/post-2213-1145374181_thumb.jpg
justcorals
16-04-2009, 10:29
It looks like an elephant ear mushroom to me. They have different variations of pimples and colours but can grow large. If it closes itself up when you feed it is a sign that it could be.
Ilovenemo
16-04-2009, 17:00
uh oh, elephant ear. Isn't that what Elliot had that tried to eat his tang?
Thats the one Sam, yeh if it curls up around food get rid! lol
it looks like a rhodactis to me, my clown hosts in the one i have, unfortunatly her partner decided to host in an elephants ear i had....lets just say hes no longer with us and the elephants ear went straight back to the LFS!!! :(
My rhodactis curls up like a ball when its feeding, but not when the clown is on it...
right just put some flake food in my tank and the mushroom went from this:
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549e6322ddabf6.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1391')
to this in about 1 minute:
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549e8ed239a77e.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1446')
eemmm.... anyone want to buy it?
Ilovenemo
17-04-2009, 21:09
em lemme think.....no ta! take it to the lfs
aaww the clownfish thinks its an anemone
Ilovenemo
17-04-2009, 21:11
you need to take it out pete its gonna eat your clown
rightt its got 2 feet on 2 different rocks so it might be spliting into 2 but i dont want to be giving the shop 2 rocks so i duno :S
chop it of lol, its a mussy it will survive lmao :D
Ilovenemo
17-04-2009, 22:10
why would anyone want a coral that eats fish anyway? I mean even if you took it back to the lfs would they just sell it to some unsuspecting punter?
some could have a tank dedicated to aiptasias majanos crabs matis shrimp etc etc which may like it lol
Ilovenemo
17-04-2009, 22:17
really? that sounds an odd thing to do!
you never know lol :D some hitchikers are surprisingly beautiful....
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg131/wildbill19_photo/scarborough%20sea%20loife%20centre/DSC00260-3.jpg
Ilovenemo
17-04-2009, 22:23
true, one mans weed is another mans wild flower and all that.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT PLANTS, IT'S JUST AN ANALOGY!!!
my clown fish survived the night but it still wants to sit in it so i dont know cos it looks quite nice.
You wont be saying that when/if theres no clown to look nice with it...
Ilovenemo
18-04-2009, 14:52
have you established once and for all whether its a goody or a baddy?
mm.... this is a pic of Rhodactis indosinensis, or hairy mushroom, showing that it curls up as well... how ever liveaquaria and google search doesn't say anything about eating fish, so it may be ok yet:
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg131/wildbill19_photo/tony3051_rhodactis2-1.jpg
P.S. not all hair mushys are as hairy as that one
i have some of them mushrooms but there alot smaller than this "beast"
how big is this one? mm.... put a lance fish ,same size as your smallest clownfish, in it and see if it eats it, if yes, get it the hell out of there, if no then you may be OK :D
hang on give me 10 mins and i will report back
Ilovenemo
18-04-2009, 15:56
brilliant idea bill! should have thought of that earlier
right it dosnt want to take the bait but it will still eat krill hhmmm
Ilovenemo
18-04-2009, 16:12
um you'd think if it was a carnivorous murdering beastie it would? Maybe it's a goody after all
it seems to curl up when i put flake food in so its not to bad i suppose, anyway i got a pic of the clown trying to get in to the curled up mushroom
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549ec73d448015.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1468')
and this is it in comparision to the rest of the tank
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549ec73d482a54.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1469')
and a random one of my cat :D
http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/imagehosting/thum_7549ec73d4999d2.jpg ('http://www.ocean-wonders.co.uk/messageboard/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1470')
Ilovenemo
20-04-2009, 18:10
pete you are bonkers! Why the cat? cute though!
I don't like the look of that mushroom at all, looks like it wants to eat the clown
my rhodactis does exactly that when i target feed it! it should be fine! :)
FishManDan
21-04-2009, 15:41
Pete,
I would have to agree that it looks incredibly like a rhodactis, theres one on google images that looks incrdibly similar (shown my knowledge now!), but seeing your latest pictures made me think, could it be a type of anemone?
My Clown Fish love getting in amongst my Actinia equina, and that's what your picture looks like. A carpet Anemone can carry the same sort of markings and texture as your mystery beasty, but I can't find anything that colour. I'm probably well off the mark, but thought I'd put my random ideas into the mix!
It was the carnivorous bit that made me think that too!
Dan
im 99% sure its not an Anemone it is a type of mushroom not to sure what type but it seems quite happy and its not eaten any fishys yet, so i think i will keep it, thanks for your help case closed :D
FishManDan
22-04-2009, 10:04
Pete,
Sorry to re-open the case, but I have been doing some reading since my post yesterday and have found instances of "Green Hairy Mushrooms" or Rhodactis, actually eating fish. Aparently in the book "Borneman's Corals" there is a photo of a green hairy mushroom, closed up like your photo with the fins of a Bangaii Cardinal sticking out of it. I've also found cases of Clowns hosting these corals and literally having it close up around them and in some cases completely devour them. So based on this I would suggest you get rid, or better than that, frag it so it's too small to kill fish!!!
It's a really good looking mushroom, and I would have one, but if it can potentially kill fish, it can't be good!
Also, it is apparently suggested in "Borneman's Corals" that they may secrete some kind of chemical that could stun the fish and this is how such a slow moving coral can kill the fish and close up around it.
Sorry for the bad news and the reopening of the case.
Dan
Taking into account that it was a freebie, I would actually get rid too if I was you mate. It's just not worth the risk.
I can't make it out clearly from the photo. Google image searches on Rhodactis inchoata and let me know if it's that... looks like it could be.
There's a number of Rhodactis that have a very sticky glue like excretion which is how they capture fish... It pretty much sticks them to it.
my dad in law has loads of these all over his tank and they have never eaten a fish, my clown hosts in mine in the day, then it closes up when the lights go out so she wedges herself by my galaxia! i could be wrong, but the only mushy kind of thing i have heard ''eat'' fish are elephants ears...
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