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Old 01/11/2008, 04:35 PM
santame santame is offline
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Hello,

Can any please tell me if they recognize the critter in the below photo? It is really very small (smaller than a dime by about half) and is wedged between two rocks. Seems to be attached to one of them by a tube of some sort. It retracts when startled, but does not seem to fully pull into the tube. I have searched various books, web forums, and image libraries trying to find if it is a specific kind of tube work, but it does not look anything like the images I have found.



Any help is appreciated. Thanks all, for your time.

- Robyn
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Old 01/11/2008, 04:39 PM
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It looks to be an aipstasia. You need to get rid of it asap. There are chemicals you can buy.
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Old 01/11/2008, 04:51 PM
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I agree it looks like aptaisia
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:11 PM
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Thanks for the replies. All photos I have seen of aipstasia show very long tentacles, so I am not sure? Do some have short and stubby arms?

- Robyn
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:14 PM
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http://www.saltyunderground.com/Feed...topic.php?t=67

This link has some pics of aptasia and majano, majano are another type of pest anemone, they look more like yours
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:19 PM
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Yep, that majanos photo does look pretty much the same. Thanks. Now to get the little sucker....
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:29 PM
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joe's juice will get rid of it right away
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:30 PM
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no problem
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