Some pics for ID help please

[sasquatch]

the "tube worms" Terebellid polychaete. spagettii worms, nice catch on the clam (geoduck substitute lol) working on the anem.
I would love to start a cold tank as Im right on the Pacific but can't justify a chiller

 

[Badinfo]

that apitasia guys are saying looks like a hidden cup coral to me. I have one the size of a quarter.

 

[DesertOrchid]

Interesting critters. Thanks for sharing!

 

[MontanaDolphin]

Sasquatch...here's some more of the anemone...hope it helps. Let me know if you figure out it's name

 

[Badinfo]

i think the clear one is hidden cup coral

 

[sasquatch]

Im going to hold fast at green and orange stripe, guess work, speculation and lies are what I deal in lol

 

[nicolebrzu]

Very cool tank! It has such a natural feel to it.

+1 on the anemone being a hidden cup coral. I have several in my tank that came on my live rock, some very small like yours, and two kinda of large ones. The ones farther away from the light seem to do much better. They are neat to watch eat. I give my big ones a shrimp pellet and watch them slowly move it from the end of their "tentacles" to their mouths and then it breaks up inside their clear bodies. Very cool.

 

[PIMPALA]

Sasquatch...here's some more of the anemone...hope it helps. Let me know if you figure out it's name

Steven

 

[Stretch]

Haha jason that's the exact name that went through my head when I saw that post. You beat me to it!!

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[MontanaDolphin]

So how do you tell the difference between an anemone and a hidden cup coral???

 

[whippetguy]

I'm really enjoying your tank thread. Keep up the interesting photos.

 

[Boomer]

These are Spionid or Chaetopterid Worms. You can not really tell unless you remove them form their tube. But more than likely it is a chaetopterid Phyllochaetopterus sp

This is a Sand Castle Worm

 

[sasquatch]

finally the Wiz showed up

 

[PIMPALA]

So how do you tell the difference between an anemone and a hidden cup coral???

The taste. Nems are much softer, and a little salty. Hidden cup corals are a little crunchy, and have a bitter base.

 

[sasquatch]

the taste. Nems are much softer, and a little salty. Hidden cup corals are a little crunchy, and have a bitter base.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nicolebrzu]

I think cup corals will have a hard skeleton at the bottom and anemones have a soft foot.

 

[PIMPALA]

I think cup corals will have a hard skeleton at the bottom and anemones have a soft foot.

hence... the crunch.

 

[nicolebrzu]

Any updates or new discoveries in your tank??

 

[MontanaDolphin]

Any updates or new discoveries in your tank??

yep...check out my chronicle:

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...8-beccas-aka-montanadolphin-boo-boo-tank.html