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johnnyblackheart
06-04-2006, 02:09 PM
Not sure if this little guy is a coral or an anemone. He has been on the rock since I’ve had that piece, (about 6 weeks). Never actively feed it until today, squirted some brine shrimp at it and seemed to get stuck in its tentacles and then it closed around it. Closes up into a ball shortly after the main tank light comes on, then reopens at night. I guess he has been eating pods all this time and within the last couple weeks a few more have popped up.

Taking all ideas on what he is…


Thanks

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Rob
06-04-2006, 02:53 PM
cant really see clearly, can you get a closer shot?
CarmieJo
06-04-2006, 05:51 PM
Rob, did you click on the image to make it bigger?
Rob
06-04-2006, 06:25 PM
yep, but still not clear enough for me to make a positive ID
gwen_o_lyn
06-04-2006, 07:41 PM
yup hard to tell, doesn't look like aiptasia and I'm not that familar with what majano's (sp?) look like. But I hope it's not a pest anemone.
Rob
06-04-2006, 08:42 PM
here are some pics of majano anemone
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/bta/not/majano.html
gwen_o_lyn
06-04-2006, 08:56 PM
here are some pics of majano anemone
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/bta/not/majano.html

They are kinda pretty. I can understand how a reefer would let those grow without thinking twice.
fat walrus
06-04-2006, 09:03 PM
They are kinda pretty. I can understand how a reefer would let those grow without thinking twice.
people who keep butterflyfish actually try to cultivate them.
johnnyblackheart
06-04-2006, 11:03 PM
sorry the picture is so crappy. hope this one is better.

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Rob
06-04-2006, 11:20 PM
interesting, cant say i know what that is
gwen_o_lyn
06-04-2006, 11:25 PM
me neither, but it looks more anemone-ish than coral-ish.

Keep a close watch on them if they are growing fast.
fat walrus
06-04-2006, 11:42 PM
do you know the origin of the rock?
johnnyblackheart
06-04-2006, 11:55 PM
do you know the origin of the rock?

Not sure where that rock came from. I will ask the folks at the LFS where I got it, but I’m sure they won’t know or remember.

At first I thought it might be ricordea, but after looking at every picture of ricordea on the web (at least I feel like I did), it doesn’t have the same characteristics. But it does have some similarities to an anemone.
fat walrus
06-05-2006, 12:02 AM
definitely not ricordia. keep an eye on it. it looks like it can pack a punch.
johnnyblackheart
06-05-2006, 12:50 AM
Found it!!!

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/invert.htm
Toward bottom of page:

I think this guy is Corynactis (Strawberry anemone) or Pseudocorynactis caribbaeorum.


I have to do some more research in morning.


thanks everyone....
Rob
06-05-2006, 01:08 AM
yep.. that looks like it.. good job.. :)