Colossal lavender mushroom

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by Swisswiss, Nov 11, 2013.

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  1. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    With my YTBD next to it to get a scale of the thing.

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  2. Greg@LionfishLair

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    Nice Tongan!
     
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  3. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    Nice, some can get 10in in diameter and more! Looks great, watch out, they can eat slower fish :eek:
     
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  4. oldfishkeeper

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    very, very pretty swiss!
     
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  5. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    whaaaat!? are you serious? never heard this :S…. my clown goby often rests on them and iv never seen the mushroom close up in an attempt to beast on him...
     
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  6. evolved

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    Nah, pretty low risk with mushrooms like these. It's Elephant Ear mushrooms to look out for; they are well documented fish eaters.
     
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  7. Greg@LionfishLair

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    I've kept Tongans in the past, and never had any trouble, but as mentioned, there's the "potential"...
     
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  8. Peredhil

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    Very cool
     
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  9. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    Say greg isnt this a tonga mushroom, characterized by the "star" like polyps?

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    Swisswiss, Nov 14, 2013
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  10. Greg@LionfishLair

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    It could be, altho the disc looks a lot "thinner" than those I've seen/kept. It's been quite awhile since we "reefed", so altho I still have some factoids floating around up there, they've been superceded by "things with stings". ;)
     
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