anemone ID

Edd13 · 03-26-2008, 11:19 PM

i was looking in my tank last night watch baby shrimp (still unknown what type) ... when i spotted what i thought was a zoa in the sand bed ... apon closer inspection its an anemone of some kind ... i'm leaning tword a tube... I do have a anemone in the tank a large green BTA...

what do you think it is ... sorry abot the pic ... vary small

framerguy · 03-26-2008, 11:32 PM

Are you talking about the little green circle dead center in the pic?

Royalscott · 03-26-2008, 11:33 PM

Looks like a cluster of green zoanthids to me.

sasquatch · 03-26-2008, 11:46 PM

looks like a sand anem to me, feed it and see if it gulps, they are a nice anem almost indestructible

Edd13 · 03-26-2008, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by framerguy

Are you talking about the little green circle dead center in the pic?

yeah ... little round thing ... has long tenticals .. and i saw it pull in a spectra pellet and eat it

Edd13 · 03-27-2008, 12:45 AM

someone on another forum said it might be Majano ... i've never had it ... could it be?

Tru2nr · 03-27-2008, 06:12 PM

could be a rock or sand anenome i have something similar in my chronical i actually thought it was a zoanthid that was actually stuck on a slug or something at first untill i fully figured out what it was i have about 3-4 of them in my tank the largest is about as wide as a pencil eraser they haven't seemed to do any damage so i haven't tried to remove them yet i've got one in what should be a real good place for a picture i'll try to get for you when i get home from work tonight

t_j · 07-09-2008, 08:38 PM

Do these guys sting like the bigger ones do?? I have one next to my zoas I moved the rock that they where on last night and woke up to two of them now and the new one is touching the zoas now.

jonas · 07-10-2008, 01:19 PM

its a tube i have one in my tank looks the same.if it has two sets of tentacals it is a tube. my is green in the middle and orange long tents.

03-26-2008, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
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sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: anemone ID looks like a sand anem to me, feed it and see if it gulps, they are a nice anem almost indestructible

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Tru2nr Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,171 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: anemone ID could be a rock or sand anenome i have something similar in my chronical i actually thought it was a zoanthid that was actually stuck on a slug or something at first untill i fully figured out what it was i have about 3-4 of them in my tank the largest is about as wide as a pencil eraser they haven't seemed to do any damage so i haven't tried to remove them yet i've got one in what should be a real good place for a picture i'll try to get for you when i get home from work tonight __________________ My 55g Chronical of addiction... Mistakes Have been made in the past.....still trying to clean up from them in the present....mistakes will be made in the future.....so what do we do?...... we party until we make another mistake!!!! WARNING: Corals in Tank, Add Crabs at own risk

07-09-2008, 08:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
t_j Midas Blenny Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 122 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: anemone ID Do these guys sting like the bigger ones do?? I have one next to my zoas I moved the rock that they where on last night and woke up to two of them now and the new one is touching the zoas now. __________________ Tiffany

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jonas Midas Blenny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: oregon city, Oregon Posts: 117 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: anemone ID its a tube i have one in my tank looks the same.if it has two sets of tentacals it is a tube. my is green in the middle and orange long tents. __________________ 100 gal truvu- 55 gal refugeum- protien skimmer- sock filter- 150 watt metal halidex2- 2 attenics- jonas!!!

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