What is it?

[jimbos]

Anyone have any ideas on what this might be. It is the size of a quarter roughly. I have seen these in the wild and the guy I was with said they were some sort of corallimorph. Active only at night.

Thanks

[reefrancher]

Try looking here: Creature ID (http://www.reefcentral.com/library/creature_id.htm)

Steve

[reefrancher]

Oops! Forgot to tell ya to click the Hitchhiker FAQ.

Steve

[Vilas]

I have some of those! Pretty cool little hitchhikers, and not aiptasia! They're non-photosynthetic corals, pretty harmless. I got Dr. Ron to ID mine at some point, he deemed them "neat." :) The biggest people have reported them are about an inch and a half. Mine stay smaller.
Charlotte

[JMAC]

I believe the common name for what you have there is an "Orange Ball" Anemone. (Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum) Vilas is correct, they are non-photosynthetic and need to be fed regularly to thrive.

[jimbos]

Thats it!!! I looked it up from that info and sure enough thats the one.

Thanks guys and gals