ID please?

XSiVE · #1 07/04/2007, 01:44 PM

I've been doing some cleaning / re-organization and I ran into 3 of these little guys attached to a piece of live rock.

they are maybe a little larger than 1cm in diameter when the tentacles are fully extended... the tents seem clear with the whitish tips.

Victor1046 · #2 07/04/2007, 01:51 PM

looks like an anenome (spelling)

bertoni · #3 07/04/2007, 01:59 PM

They do look like anemones. Can you get a picture with the tentacles extended?

Travis L. Stevens · #4 07/04/2007, 02:05 PM

Possibly Pseudocorynactis (AKA Ball Anemones [which aren't anemones])

kkyyllee · #5 07/04/2007, 02:06 PM

majono?

Whisperer · #6 07/04/2007, 02:43 PM

ric?

XSiVE · #7 07/04/2007, 03:33 PM

Here's a closer shot with the tentacles extended. Sorry about the quality, I stirred up the water since the last one and it had not cleared when i took this one.

Whisperer · #8 07/04/2007, 04:12 PM

not ric

bertoni · #9 07/04/2007, 07:43 PM

I'd just settle for a corallimorpharian, most likely.

XSiVE · #10 07/04/2007, 08:41 PM

hm, I went looking for pics of some of the stuff you guys suggested.. I think they are most likely what Travis suggested.. ball anemone's

Im guessing I should get rid of them.. all I've read about them seems they are not reef safe.

Paintbug · #11 07/05/2007, 09:36 AM

i would go with a Corynactis sp. (a type of ball anemone). they will eat small zooplankton, and spread like crazy. its another one of those neat creatures, but would probably be best to remove it from the system. i sure wish i did when i seen the first one.

Travis L. Stevens · #12 07/05/2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Travis L. Stevens
Possibly Pseudocorynactis (AKA Ball Anemones [which aren't anemones])

Just like I thought. Definitely Pseudocorynactis sp. Possibly Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum

tush · #13 07/05/2007, 02:30 PM

i agree with removing... i thought it was cool so i left it..
i had them all over before i knew it, now i remove 2 to 3 a week...
but they are still pretty...

XSiVE · #14 07/05/2007, 03:03 PM

What's the best way to remove them?

Travis L. Stevens · #15 07/05/2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by XSiVE
What's the best way to remove them?

Treat like Aiptasia; lethal injection.

XSiVE · #16 07/05/2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by Travis L. Stevens
Treat like Aiptasia; lethal injection.

*steeples his fingers*

excellent....

Thanks a bunch! Oh, and off-topic. Thanks for all of your write-ups Travis. I'm new to the reef side of things and have found them very helpful!

Travis L. Stevens · #17 07/05/2007, 03:35 PM

Not a problem

dragonladylea · #18 07/05/2007, 03:44 PM

I agree with the Pseudocorynactis, but you really do not have to get rid of them, I have a 55g mixed reef and have a few of the Pseudos ( have had them for 6 or 7 years and have never had a problem with them.).

Travis L. Stevens · #19 07/05/2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by dragonladylea
I agree with the Pseudocorynactis, but you really do not have to get rid of them, I have a 55g mixed reef and have a few of the Pseudos ( have had them for 6 or 7 years and have never had a problem with them.).

I, too, have never had a problem with mine. But, they are like Green Star Polyps, Xenia, or Kenya Tree; desirable yet possible reproduction at an alarming rate is feesible