Lavender Polyps?

[schweetpup4u]

i have come across " Lavender Polyps" on a clam care page. The Polyps were said to be " poisonous to l SPS corals and large polyp corals" has anyone ever had these polyps? how are they poisonous? can someone give me the scientific name?

 

[bang guy]

They look like watermellon Mushrooms to me.

 

[j21kickster]

they are a type of Discmosa mushroom- they can sting other corals, they spread fast and are considered by some (including me) to be a pest.

 

[schweetpup4u]

wow. are they ok to keep in a reef with other corals as long as you keep them seperated? are the stings deadly? How do they sting?

 

[j21kickster]

yes their stings can be deadly ( to corals- not to us)- and they are ok to have in your tank just watch them- i have a pic of a colony of Discmosa shrooms killing a galixia coral (which is known for its stinging power)

 

[danrw84]

i like em. they are cool
green striped mushrooms is what ive heard them called.

 

[j21kickster]

those are the lavender ones- not the greenstripe- same genus though

 

[schweetpup4u]

i love their color and the stripes.. i have never seen them anywhere else...

 

[tigershark]

How do you kill mushrooms? I know if you cut them, they will just regrow. I have a rock with several colors of shrooms on it and I only want maybe 1 or 2 of the colors, the rest I want to remove because they are ugly.

 

[justinx]

so let me get this straight . . . the green striped are the same thing, anf they are bad to have in a reef tank? I have one really big one that is moving toward some of my other corals. I like the other corals a lot more than this thing. what can i do?

 

[j21kickster]

dont let wait i said scare you- they are not bad they are just agressive to some corals- just keep them in check and you will be fine-
If you chop them close to the rock and what tissue is left- apply very hot water onto it it will usually killthem- if that shroom dosent die- it will take a long time to grow back to its orginal size

 

[j21kickster]

Originally posted by Old Yeller Tang
People tend to think that they are corals, but they're really invertebrates, kinda like your stinging anemone.

Not trying to be a smart guy- but corals are inverts

 

[danrw84]

i hope one day i'll have so many mushrooms i'll want to kill them!