Help ID this please?

[chrisyew]

Hi fellow reefers,

Pls help me to identify what is this? Is it some kind of mushroom or whatever? Thanks.

[sunny03]

they are a kind of zoos bro

[chrisyew]

they are a kind of zoos bro

Thanks bro. Didn't occur to me that they are a kind of zoo as these are very much more meaty than the normal zoo hehe.

[FuEl]

Looks like Palythoa sp. Highly toxic if ingested or if the toxins enter your bloodstream somehow. Just don't eat them (unlikely) and wash your hands thoroughly after handling them.

[KennethK]

Seamats?

[chrisyew]

Looks like Palythoa sp. Highly toxic if ingested or if the toxins enter your bloodstream somehow. Just don't eat them (unlikely) and wash your hands thoroughly after handling them.

You mean this?

But it looks quite different from the picture above.

[Regal]

Hi fellow reefers,

Pls help me to identify what is this? Is it some kind of mushroom or whatever? Thanks.

IMO, Its should be "Anemones" Not ZOOs...

[cdckjn]

IMO, Its should be "Anemones" Not ZOOs...

IMO, It should be Anemones as they have a second layer of tentacles, zoos normally only have a single layer of tentacles. You can try to target feed with food, see if its tentacles wrap around food and then it digest the food. Zoos I think do not do that.

[chrisyew]

Thanks guys for the input. Anemone? Maybe I will try feeding it afterwards and see how it reacts.

I bought this rock for $2.50 during the CNY offer hehe. But now seems like this zoo or anemone or .... is spreeding new 'seed'. More new ones are seen growing on the rock itself.

[iantoh]

hi there bro chris yew,

i second bro fuel's guess, that its a palythoa or protopalythoa species.

pretty cool looking specimen! if it expands under light exposure, its probably photosynthetic, so you might not need to feed it ya.

cheers,

ian

[godzillaliu88]

i have em. it's a kind of anemone. dunno wad name.

it multiples real quick. 1 month may have 2-3 more buds(condition of tank alos must be good la).

they tend to move around sometimes.

[Panzz]

can you show a pic of how it looks like when lights are out? this way it will be easier to comfirm wat it is.

[chrisyew]

Thanks guys for the help. Here is one without the light but I've to use flash else hand shaky hehe... anyway it's the same as without light.

[chrisyew]

Probably this close up will show better but with lights on;

[Panzz]

most probably zoos, there are many other ways to comfirm this as well, like, will they fully close up? and are they harder to feel and has this leathery feeling?(advise to wash your hands thoroughly after touching them) try this and if the ans are all yes, then they really are zoos...

[chrisyew]

most probably zoos, there are many other ways to comfirm this as well, like, will they fully close up? and are they harder to feel and has this leathery feeling?(advise to wash your hands thoroughly after touching them) try this and if the ans are all yes, then they really are zoos...

Most don't fully closeup when lights are off and infact majority don't closeup like the normal zoo. I've tried feeding mysis shrimp but nothing special as the food juz stuck at the mouth there. The touch is a bit slippery feeling like some coral.