hitch hiker anemone; id please

[tylorarm]

I've had a bunch of these for a few years now. Pretty but cull them every now and then when there's too many. Definitely hide when you try and poke them. My daughter kept a couple alive in a glass bowl for two months until we went on vacations, wo very hardy. I caught those on the sand but most on the rock. I have one right now touching monti sertosa and doesn't seem to bother it. Seem to max out about size of a dime or less. Any ideas?

 

[SVXH6]

looks like mini carpet anemones. S. Tapetum

 

[jtreefdweller]

Looks more like a rhodactis mushroom than an anemone.
Check some of these out.
http://www.aquacon.com/mushrooms.html

 

[Slakker]

I wish my Rhodactis looked like that

 

[tylorarm]

Does look quite a bit like the bullseye mushroom in the picture (maybe i should quit killing them), Rhodactis Inchoata. However, would a mushroom actively contract into a crevice when i poked him?

 

[tylorarm]

One other thing, they seem to grow individually, not in tight formation like mushrooms. They're also definitely motile as they wander.

 

[tylorarm]

SVXH6, You might be on to something with the mini carpet; a quote from a website: 'Stichodactyla tapetum These anemones mimic Ricordea'. If they're mini they're really mini though, about size of a zoa or maybe paly.

 

[jtreefdweller]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12820897#post12820897 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tylorarm
One other thing, they seem to grow individually, not in tight formation like mushrooms. They're also definitely motile as they wander.

If they are roaming/wandering then they aren't a rhodactis mushroom.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

need a better pic...

when i first got my mini it was the size of big zoa....in fact it hitched on a zoa colony i bought and i thought it was just a smokin cool looking zoa..

now it has split and is two beautiful carpets..both about 4" across

 

[DetectiveTofu]

I second the mushroom - but it is hard to tell when it is still small.

 

[jmadison]

If its wondering, and retracts all thw way into rocks, my vote goes for a Mini carpet. They can get not as mini as youd think(as nanoreefwannabe stated). In which case I would try to harvest them and try to trade them or something!

 

[tylorarm]

Next time one wanders into the sand I'll take it out and get better pics. Until then, i really need time to figure out how to use my new camera because i keep getting worse pics every time i try. Thanks for the help everyone.