Hitchhiker anemone ID- Tampa Bay Saltwater live rock.

[Banff]

Ok, so I got this hitchhiker anemone on a live rock from TBS.

Oral disc is about an inch to an inch and a quarter. When tentacles are spread it's maybe 3 inches. It stays with its entire foot in this hole all the time. It accepts bits of shrimp.

 

[garygb]

It could be a curlique anemone, Bartholomea annulata. That species originates from the waters around FL. They look similar to aiptasia, and are in fact related, but are not invasive and are generally hardy.

 

[Banff]

Ok, thank you, that's actually what we had it narrowed to, but we're reading scary things. We have a couple of slow-moving rock-grazing fish as well as a couple of rainbow BTAs. We're reading that the b. Annulata could be a major problem to any or all of those things. Anyone want to weigh in on how big of a problem it is?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yep Curly Que or however it's spelled. I don't know much about them but found a lot of reading materials on them through Google.

 

[liverock]

we all them banded bulb anemones....cool critter..

 

[garygb]

This description doesn't make it sound particularly aggressive for fish, etc. I do know they will sting other anemones, so you will want it to be located away from the BTAs. They like to attach in a hole in the live rock. Once they find their happy place, they don't move much.

 

[garygb]

Here's the link:


http://www.kpaquatics.com/product/curlique-anemone/