Anybody got a clue?

[panmanmatt]

This guy came in on one of my blasto colonies. Anybody got a clue what it is?

It looks to be either a polyp or anenome of some sort. It is about the size of a quarter when opened.

 

[GeeWizzItsMe]

Is it a majano anem?

 

[kathywithbirds]

rock anemone?

 

[boozeman]

perty

 

[BEELZEBOB]

thats a dendro. holy crap you lucky dog.

thats like a sunpolyp on steroids. look up dendrophyllia (try spelling it right first)

 

[BEELZEBOB]

here, its gotta be one of these different genus in this family including Eguchsammia, Balanophyllia, and Dendrophyllia.

 

[panmanmatt]

thats a dendro. holy crap you lucky dog.

thats like a sunpolyp on steroids. look up dendrophyllia (try spelling it right first)

I have dendros already and they have a hard skeleton and are orange. This thing has no skeleton that I can see.

I was thinking possibly rhizo, but I thought they had a skeleton also.

 

[BEELZEBOB]

here, its gotta be one of these different genus in this family including Eguchsammia, Balanophyllia, and Dendrophyllia.

not dendro, but like its cousin

 

[GeeWizzItsMe]

maybe a rock anem?

 

[panmanmatt]

Bob, it has no skeleton. All the ones you listed have hard skeletons. This looks more like a zoa polyp but about 50x the size.

 

[panmanmatt]

maybe a rock anem?

Possibly, but doesn't look like any of the ones I've had in the past.

 

[prow]

mojo

 

[BEELZEBOB]

deep sea paly?

or we could quit ignoring geewizz, she does have a good point there.

 

[panmanmatt]

Keep the guesses coming. Of course I will never know who is right.

 

[Surfnut]

Its a large form of Hydroid if memory serves. I've got 4 different colors of these things. They havent hurt anything in the tank as of yet so I leave em. They wont get any larger than the quarter.

I've a Red one, a Green one, an Orangish one and blue one similar to yours.


Hydroid, Anemone...dunno. Just what the LFS told me when I first discovered these in the tank.

 

[panmanmatt]

Its a large form of Hydroid if memory serves. I've got 4 different colors of these things. They havent hurt anything in the tank as of yet so I leave em. They wont get any larger than the quarter.

I've a Red one, a Green one, an Orangish one and blue one similar to yours.

Thanks. Would you happen to have any pics of your's?

 

[boozeman]

not dendro, but like its cousin

is that like a brother from another mother ?

 

[kathywithbirds]

 

[Surfnut]

If I can find my camera I'll post some photo's later. I've also heard these called "Club Anemones" due to the Mace style of their larger tentacles.

 

[GeeWizzItsMe]

deep sea paly?

or we could quit ignoring geewizz, she does have a good point there.

HE.