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Old 12/28/2007, 01:03 PM
Dval Dval is offline
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Oh no Majano?!

So I recently got some new live rock and it came with what I thought was a cool little hitchhiker. I've never had any anemone or coral before so I thought man how neat, its even multiplying! It split in half and so I thought well, I better identify it. Uh oh...

I've been told it may be a majano anemone.

Kind of a bummer since I think the little guys are cool looking. They move around quite a bit. Very interesting to me. But alas, if someone could confirm it is a majano I suppose I'll have to do away with them.



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D
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:10 PM
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I know! I thought they were so cute too. Mine looked like baby BTAs.

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Old 12/28/2007, 01:14 PM
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I had some I thought were neat as well. My LFS told me it was majano and it looked like your pic. I have not done anything about it as of yet as I had a slight problem with my tank, which caused the anemone to go back in and I have not seen it in a few weeks now! LOL!
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:15 PM
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Confirmed Majano, get rid of it asap. It's unfortunate, because I also agree that they're beautiful. The main problem is their uncontrolled reproduction. They'll pop up all over your tank and sting your other corals.
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:28 PM
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Ahh dang. Well, looks like its time for a bit of reef combat. Time to take them out. Man I'm beginning to feel like I need to become an armature biologist to figure all this out. Especially after seeing zhenjw's pic. I would have also thought that was a baby BTA. Ha! For that matter I thought mine were mini Zoanthids! LOL.

Thanks much guys
D
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:54 PM
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I specifically asked for mine at the reef store when I was starting out not knowing what I was getting. They gave them to me free, what a bargain!

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Old 12/28/2007, 03:22 PM
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LOL when i first started i went into a lfs and saw thoes on a rock and aptasia and thought i scored big, then i found out what they were and had a buttload to kill... they sill harm your corals too.. and boy do they ever re-produce.
 

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