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bboyin4lyf Hobbyist Posts: 137 Kudos: 83 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	ive recently acquired a piece of liverock that had some bleached coral covering one side. about 2 weeks later now about 50 tiny brown circles that appear to be little mushroom have come out of the bleached coral. are these polyps? seperate mushrooms that have taken up resisdence on the dead coral ? any ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	What kind of coral was it, can you tell? It could very well be the coral making a come back if it was a brain coral, or a fungia.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
bboyin4lyf Hobbyist Posts: 137 Kudos: 83 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	the thing is ive got terrible lighting, 4 * 50 w no fluros so i doubt the coral would be making a comeback. or am i under estimating a corals hardiness? its a white coral "bleached" that has small openings and it hugs tightly to the liverock with no extremeities. could this be a brain? thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Could they be little feather dusters? Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
JMT1SOMR Big Fish Posts: 302 Kudos: 192 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Oct-2001	Favia probabaly. For any chance, I'd say put the coral up towards the light as much as possible. It may make a recovery.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28


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