baby gbta

[natep206]

i think i have a baby gbta in my tank. its only about 1/2" in diameter. im going to start feeding it one mysis shrimp about every other day. and its doing great. it came as a hitch hicker cause the only other anemone i have is a rose.

this will be a log of its life time in my tank but right now im just wondering if it actually even is a bta and any advice you have.

peace.
nate :beer:

 

[Random Aquarist]

Do you have a QT? If so, I'd put it in there just in case it's a mojano or another pest anemone.

 

[Slakker]

Wow...I wish I could be more helpful, but it does kinda look like a BTA...it definitely could be a pest anemone though.

 

[illcssd]

Majano anemone, not bta.

 

[Riona]

Ditto the pest report.

 

[siren]

I have 3 of these guys in my tank. They've been id'd by my lfs as a 'ball anemone' and are pests. They don't reproduce that fast though. And unlike aptasia, they don't suck into the rock, they just ball up. So if you decide to remove it, it'll come right off.

 

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9041421#post9041421 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Random Aquarist
Do you have a QT? If so, I'd put it in there just in case it's a mojano or another pest anemone.

What does QT stand for?

 

[RedSonja]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9043646#post9043646 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clayspst
What does QT stand for?

Quarantine Tank

-Sonja

 

[Anemone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9043631#post9043631 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by siren
I have 3 of these guys in my tank. They've been id'd by my lfs as a 'ball anemone' and are pests. They don't reproduce that fast though. And unlike aptasia, they don't suck into the rock, they just ball up. So if you decide to remove it, it'll come right off.

The picture above is a mojano.

A ball anemone is a corynactis or pseudocorynactis. Ball anemones are much lower on the "pest scale" than even mojanos (which are lower than aiptasia). Ball anemones usually occupy more "cryptic" (hidden) areas of the tank, since they do not require lighting for photosynthesis, and are generally easier to see at night (for the same reason).

Mojanos can and will go into "speed multiply" mode and over run a tank. They often won't multiply, or multiply very slowly for months on end (as versus aiptasia, which seem to spread quickly all the time), and don't seem to sting nearby corals as badly as aiptasia.

FWIW,
Kevin

 

[pncstod]

don't seem to sting nearby corals as badly as aiptasia

This is true, but from my recent experience they do mess with BTAs. I thought about keeping the one I had in the tank, after all it is a tank devoted to CF and anemones. Well, sure enough my bta moved right next the majano. By the end of the day the majano looked great and the BTA was all shrived up and looking poor on the side with the majano. I nuked the majano and it took the BTA a couple of days to look better.