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serazol
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 05:54 PM
Good afternoon folks!

I bought this zoa rock a couple of days ago with this mystery item in the center. I didn't know what it is, but I bought it along with a wall of zoas I wanted.

I went home, did a freshwater dip, and put it in the tank.

Whatever it is, it survived a freshwater dip; the pictures are two days after the dip. Could someone tell me what they think it is? I can't see the base right now with the zoas opened right now, but I will snap a picture tonight if I remember.

Thanks!
jpond83
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 05:57 PM
looks like an anemone of some sort
reefer man
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:00 PM
it might be a mahano (i think thats how u spell it)
serazol
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:03 PM
I was thinking it was a baby nem too, but it's been in the same spot since I got it, and could it have survived a freshwater dip? The dip was about 15 seconds.
reeferRob
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:07 PM
Looks like majano to me! I would get it out of there, it will irritate the zoas and will eventually multiply/spread.
DrMark
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:25 PM
agree, Majono
Texreefer
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:26 PM
Majano,, not good.....
serazol
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:43 PM
Thank you, everyone.

It's funny; it looked like ricordea when it was in the LFS. Now in my tank, it decides to grow longer tentacles. What a tease!

Time to find some Joe's Juice...
dmweise
Sun, 5th Apr 2009, 06:49 PM
I think it looks like a mushroom. My motto is 'mysteries must die'.
serazol
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 09:24 PM
I managed to get a few more pics of the mysterious mojano. There are only a handful of pics of this specie on the web so I thought I'd post. I haven't found a pic of mojano with these tentacles though...

Check out the following two posts because it's open in those...
dmweise
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 09:26 PM
It kind of looks like a baby rose bubble tip anemone.
serazol
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 09:29 PM
Monster-like...
serazol
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 09:32 PM
Peekaboo! Here he is...
serazol
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 09:38 PM
It kind of looks like a baby rose bubble tip anemone.

I thought that at first, but it's definitely a positive ID on majano. It was tough to find pics on the net because people spell it different ways. I found google image search keyword "majano" found the best results for matches.

Even though called a pest, I'll see if I can control the guy's growth and limit the population to just one. I may regret it later, hehe.
dmweise
Wed, 8th Apr 2009, 10:26 PM
Yep, you can definitely tell in the latest pictures. The bubbly tips were throwing me off.