Curliques...trash or treasure??

[lauren78]

I was wondering what the differing opinions on curlique/curley cue anemones are. My LFS sent a curlique home with me by mistake (I asked for a featherduster and the new helper person didn't know what they were doing) and I didn't realize what it was until we were home. I, knowing it was some sort of anemone (could tell it wasn't an aipstasia but didn't know that it was a curlique) went ahead and carelessly dumped it in with everything else. It's been in there for about 12 weeks now, has grown significantly and has not reproduced. What is the consensus on curliques. I know they're in the aipstasia family so are they considered nuisances? This thing is hardy as heck, doesn't multiply and I'm starting to grow fond of him, kind of like a stray cat or something....

 

[traveller7]

IME they are just fine. Know they wont host clowns. Know they will sting corals. Plan accordingly and move ahead.

fwiw: Bartholomea annulata is a different Genus vs Aiptasia species

 

[Amphiprion]

Yep, same family, different genus . In any case, there is a pistol shrimp species that comes in every so often (at least here) that associates with Bartholomea annulata. It has a black ocellus on the lateral aspect of the abdominal carapace. Really cool alpheid.

 

[lauren78]

Thanks you guys! and thanks amphiprion for the shrimp info. I will check that out! so, I'm looking for a pistol shrimp with a black something on the lateral thing of the abdominal area...something...right? I'll be writing all that down and emailing a supplier about it. Thanks!

 

[Amphiprion]

Yeah, a black "spot on the side of the tail" would be a better way to phrase that. Sorry. The shrimp is reddish overall.

 

[EnderG60]

I had one WAY back in the day, nothing to special about them.

Now they just seem like huge aptasia to me.

 

[Elevate]

be careful, mine go huge, like over a foot long total with foot and tentacles. That is alot of tank he is and was able to sting. Had to get rid of mine.