What is this??????? [Archive]

bexarhunt

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 08:04 AM

I have 3 of these attached to my live rock. Anyone know what this is? Is it an anemone of some sort? Although one photo shows it to have brown tips, all 3 look the same. Transparant with blue/green tint and round pinkish/white round tips. They all have a mouth as well? Thanks!!

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/saltwater/IMG_9481.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/saltwater/IMG_9492.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/saltwater/IMG_9494.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/saltwater/IMG_9483.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/saltwater/IMG_9486.jpg

allan

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 08:22 AM

It may just be me, but I can't see any pictures. Just a little red X...

bexarhunt

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 08:28 AM

Did the pics come thru????

rz1a

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 08:32 AM

some type of aiptasia most likely?

Jonthefishguy

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 08:39 AM

It is either a corynactis or Psuedocorynactis. Either way you really dont want them in your aquarium as they are known to catch fish and eat them.

bexarhunt

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 11:36 AM

WOW....you are right once again.....I see lots of photos on the internet but not much info on it being a fish eating anemone....Check this photo out by Mikel Cortes on the internet!!! AMAZING....not ready to get rid of them quite yet...

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll289/velmahunt/image001.jpg

bexarhunt

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 11:39 AM

Oh and the scientific name on that pic is corynactis viridis...Will continue to research!

Kristy

Tue, 17th Mar 2009, 05:49 PM

Hey Velma,
We had a plague of these for a while in our small tank. They spread even faster than aptasia do. I think I found info for them under the term "orage ball corallimorph anenome" or something close to that, off the top of my head. If you search my posts with the right key words, you'll find I did a thread about them a few months ago.

The literature shows some conflicting reports, some even describe it as rare and unusual, but I can tell you that it spread like crazy and in my book that is not a good thing. We killed them with the same methods as we would aptasia, although they were slightly more difficult to get rid of than aptasia, in my opinion.

You're going to want to get rid of them eventually. I wished that I had not waited as long as I did to get aggressive about it, because they spread like wildfire overnight. Good luck. -Kristy