Aiptasia...

[GhostCon1]

Ok, I have seen aiptasia in my tank off and on for the past 2 months... but, they never get bigger than the tip of a pencil. And then they disappear!

What could possibly be eating them, the only things that have been in my tank the longest are these little grey legged hermits and a porcelain anemone crab.

I also just found an almost non-existant brittle star today.

Could one of those be eating the aiptasia or am I just incredibly lucky?

 

[jdieck]

Sure it is Aiptasia? If so, could there be a nudibranch acting at night?

 

[GhostCon1]

Brown, sometimes clear, wiry looking anemones. They are tiny, tiny, tiny. I had one growing on sand, I would say I am 90% sure they are aiptasia, and if not they are too tiny for me to get a pic of, and the one I just found wont be there tomorrow morning.

Nudibranchs eat them? Oh yeah, I read something about that, but isn't that nudibranch quite large? I think I would have seen him by now with how many night time searches I do with the flash light lol.

 

[karaandnick]

could have gotten blown off the sand or dislodged. mine have always grown from the rocks

 

[jdieck]

could have gotten blown off the sand or dislodged. mine have always grown from the rocks

Yes, and also Berghias can be small and difficult to find (1/4 to 1")

 

[WDLV]

Yes, and also Berghias can be small and difficult to find (1/4 to 1")

Yeah... 1" would be a huge one.