diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 i have seen a few clear looking polyp things in i few crevices lately and tonight after the lights went out, i saw a ton more!! they look like clear anemones with brown-ish tips on the tentacles. just wondering if anyone knows what these are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) Google image search 'aiptasia'... Youll find tons of information. These are definately considered a pest and if not controlled, can quickly take over a tank stinging everything in their path,. Possible remedies are peppermint shrimp (Lysmata Wurdemanni) and injecting with Joes juice, kalk paste or liquid calcium. Edited April 11, 2010 by JimD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJMasta Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Clear body, at least in my experience, doesn't mean aiptasia. It could be a hydroid or another kind of nem, it's really tough to see much of anything with that pic so at least for me it's not much use. Hydroids can be a problem, especially if they are colonial as they can bother corals, but solitary ones I haven't heard bad things about and they are said to usually go away once their food source is used up, as it's often a specific thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Do they look like mine in this thread? http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/9709-what-kind-of-anemone-is-this/ If so we came up with them being pseudocorynactis. Is this what you jumped into chat for last night? I had already hit the button to shutdown my computer when you joined, so it just continued to shutdown and closed my windows. It was late and I didn't feel like waiting to boot back up to see that you had already left. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 i dont think it is aptasia.. here is another pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 i read on another forum that this one is a strawberry anemone? anyone heard of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KeeperOfTheZoo Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Don't know what it is Corey but it's really pretty! If it turns out to be friendly I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 they retract during the day and i can barely see their little brown tips on the tentacles but at night they kind of glow and then you can see they are completely extended.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 They look like the invasive Mojano Anemones to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 yeah, i remember i had a couple of these in my 10g last year. they dont seem to hurt anything at all. they just look cool. if i can get one out, ill give you some, keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 when they are hiding in the little crevices the ends of the tentacles look like a bunch of eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Do they look like mine in this thread? http://www.austinree...nemone-is-this/ If so we came up with them being pseudocorynactis. Is this what you jumped into chat for last night? I had already hit the button to shutdown my computer when you joined, so it just continued to shutdown and closed my windows. It was late and I didn't feel like waiting to boot back up to see that you had already left. Sorry about that. Did you look at this at all? Or google pseudocorynactis for pics just like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) The first pic didnt show up on my laptop, the second looks to be pseudocorynactis for sure.. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b294/mantisfreak/pseudocorynactis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php%3Fact%3Dfindpost%26pid%3D2538950&usg=__VuQENqUtOTOy69fUKXH_50VUMcE=&h=448&w=600&sz=43&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=sc5HGrTbXTIePM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpseudocorynactis%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1R2GCNV_en%26tbs%3Disch:1 Edited April 11, 2010 by JimD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Did you look at this at all? Or google pseudocorynactis for pics just like it? oh yeah, i looked, but the first time i didnt think those looked like mine, but i googled pseudocorynactis and that definitely waht they are!! nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 That is with out a doubt pseudocorynactis. I am currently propogating them in my tank. If you don't want them I can trade you rock for rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yeah, looks like an orange ball anemone. I have a lot of them in my 75g, especially int he shady areas of the tank. I am on the fence on pest/nice debate. They don't seems to bother zoas too much, but they do multiple quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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