Is this a carpet anemone of some sort?

[Salty Cracker]

This was growing way in back, never seen it before, it looks soft and moves a bit.  Sorry for the camera pic.

 

[ricklalonde]

This was growing way in back, never seen it before, it looks soft and moves a bit.  Sorry for the camera pic.

If its squishy, it's probably some sort of mushroom or an anemone. Doesn't look like a carpet though.

What about a hairy mushroom??

 

[davesolo29]

+1 on the mushroom

 

[unibob]

Man glen you have been growing some sick looking mushrooms. Haha

 

[Salty Cracker]

I've had a lot of mushrooms in my day, this just doesn't look like any of them, it is solid-attached to the rock to the rim.  I don't mind if it's a mushroom, I definitely don't want an anemone, especially a carpet...

 

[Salty Cracker]

Man glen you have been growing some sick looking mushrooms. Haha

There is shit just popping up out of everywhere lately!!

 

[spyd]

Definitely looks like a hairy mushroom. Just check to see if it has a mouth. You can all ways throw a piece of shrimp or something on it just to double check.

 

[Salty Cracker]

It's the weirdest thing.  The 'disc' is rigid, but the little fingers on it are moving.  Unlike a mushroom where the whole disc is sort of, well, mushroom-y.

 

[Seggsy]

Could be a plate?
Or a toadstool?

 

[Salty Cracker]

It might be a plate...the semicircle at the top shows a skeleton underneath.  I have to get a better shot. 

 

[Salty Cracker]

Okay, I've let this guy grow a little bit.  It's growing back over the exposed skeleton on the upper part of the disc.  It's covered in 'fingers'. I haven't been able to get a piece of shrimp to stay on it without a fish grabbing it off, so I don't know if it eats.  Any ideas now?

 

[reeffreak]

Definetly not an anemone if theres a skeleton , thats all I can say not sure what else it could be tho . sorry

 

[unibob]

It almost looks like some leathers from the top down like an umbrella with all those little nubs eveywhere

 

[Salty Cracker]

It almost looks like some leathers from the top down like an umbrella with all those little nubs eveywhere

neither of those have skeletons.  In fact I think leathers are just made up of poison, toxins, old tires and evil. 

 

[unibob]

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It almost looks like some leathers from the top down like an umbrella with all those little nubs eveywhere

neither of those have skeletons.  In fact I think leathers are just made up of poison, toxins, old tires and evil.
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Hahaha. Yea I know they dont have a skeleton, was just pointing out how it looks like the same as top of an umbrella leather almost with all those little things on top.

 

[Salty Cracker]

Maybe it is a plate... It would be neat if something that a year ago would have died within a week or so in my tank would now just sprout up on its own back behind all the rock.

 

[Duke]

maybe its just a mushroom growing on an old dead coral skeleton?

 

[Salty Cracker]

dammit it's not a mushroom!  ;D

 

[Salty Cracker]

reefreak took a look, agrees it's not a mushroom, but had no idea...

I moved the rock it's on tonight and it had started to encrust on the adjacent rock, it left a slight fringe of whatever the hell this thing is on the rock...

 

[davesolo29]

i still say mushroom.