Hi, am I a good paly, or a bad anemone?

[ReefyRoy]

Hello all, I posted this in the newbie thread, and someone suggested I should post here instead. I have some new live rock in a bin, and found this dude growing happily on one chunk. It has a fleshy lavendar stalk, and the head is about 3/4" across. The stalk is also about 3/4" long. I've been looking at it with and without light for the past 3 days and the tentacles have never "extended" farther than in the picture. At first I was wondering if it was a mojano, but it doesn't look like the pictures I've found online...but some have said it doesn't look like a palythoa either.

So I'm offering it up on the altar of the experts. :bigeyes: Thoughts?

Roy

 

[D.J.'s reef]

looks like a paly to me with all them lashes....how fast does it react when you touch it? it it closes up super fast then it could be a nem. but for me i call it a paly of some kind. hard to really tell in the pic....but ill pull it up on my big computer to see if can see it better. this lil laptop doesnt help much with pics!!

 

[650-IS350]

Check here,

polyps
http://www.thecoralvault.com/vault/category/1-zps
http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=15

Nems and others
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm
http://actiniaria.com/

 

[enerfin]

will it take the food if you feed it? if so it could be a nem. but it looks like a poly

 

[ReefyRoy]

Here's a closer shot that I think is making it look more like a rock flower anemone I think. Not bad for my little Canon Powershot! I touched the edge and it didn't really retract quickly, although a few minutes later it did sorta look smaller. Anyway, here ya go:

Oh, and don't have anything to feed it atm ... this is all in the pre-aquarium phase I guess I'll pick up "one shrimp please" at my local seafood counter...

 

[90greefman]

Don't know what that is but it looks pretty cool. Is it for sale? If so I will take two. JK. My only question is does it move around? If so I would imagine it is not a paly. All my palys stay put. Wish I could help more.

 

[luvdiving]

Possibly a majano.

 

[D.J.'s reef]

Possibly a majano.

dont think that what it is.....i just had a BAD outbreak of them and and finally killed them off...

 

[luvdiving]

They look similar though don't they?

 

[badger126]

My vote is on palythoa. The way the skirts are arranged screams paly at me.

 

[forrestcook]

+1 for paly

 

[karnivorous]

deffinately a paly to me. if it moves it dies tho i would say

 

[RZ5T]

I'd say Paly, no doubt 'bout it.

 

[tate1]

Cool looking paly to me.

 

[robert452]

+1 paly

 

[SIR PATRICK]

Bad nem- no doubt about it!!

Look at the "skirt"

 

[chris88]

nem