Anyone want to identify???

[swamph2o]

Hey Everyone,
I had a traveler on some Lalo live rock and he has grown relatively fast. I would say it has grown 3x in approximately 3 months, roughly 5" in diameter now. When I first described him, the owner of the local shop said it was probably a mushroom. I told him it had tentacles that would stretch 3"-4" at night and he asked for photos. I showed him the photos of daytime and night and he said I should put some pictures online.

Thanks.

 

[loosecannon]

I would say maybe a I think ah Rhodactis sp. , or a ah Ricordea sp. may be?

 

[josephatmbibank]

that or a shroom. I have some that look like that.

 

[swamph2o]

I don't believe it is a Ricordea. I also pondered the thought of it being a Rhodactis, but it moves to different rocks often, and has extremely long tentacles for its size that grab silversides when i feed my eel???

 

[yellowslayer13]

some kind of anem?

 

[aquarius77]

The pic is chopped down to small to tell what it is.

 

[swamph2o]

how do you make a pic only 50kb without making it so small?

 

[swamph2o]

bump

 

[solid14th]

You can decrease the picture resolution.

 

[seapug]

looks like a Rhodactis to me. some kinds are borderline mobile anemones.

 

[rustybucket145]

Post your pic on Photobucket.com

 

[swamph2o]

thanks for the advice.

i put a picture it in the daytime and a night shot when its tentacles are fully out.



http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd155/swampwater_2007/IMG_1535.jpg

thanks again.

 

[swamph2o]

and the night time pic....

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd155/swampwater_2007/IMG_1311.jpg

 

[sm51498]

whatever it is its awesome. I've never seen a rhodactis with such long tentacles. I am betting on some sort of anemone.

 

[thefishgy18]

Looks like a cornfire anenome to me. I work in my LFS and have seen many like this. If not Cornfire then a rock anenome maybe. I would leave it in unless it starts getting close to some of your existing corals. Cornfire has a nasty sting.