Id please

[Moort82]

I'm thinking this is an aiptasia sp can you please confirm

Thanks

 

[irieef]

that is a very nice lookin animal..have any shots of it opened up? can't really tell in this shot..almost looks like a zoa or paly..

 

[Moort82]

They are definately nems of some description not palys or zoas. I'll see if i can get a bettter pic.

 

[Moort82]

Hope these help, you can see they are definately nems

 

[SushiGirl]

I've never seen an aiptasia that "decorative" but that doesn't mean much LOL. Some of them do have stripey tentacles, but I've never seen them that dramatic, nor with color around the mouth like that. I'll be tagging along on this one hoping you find out what kind of nems they are!

 

[danreefs]

mojo anemones thay are pest anemones.

 

[Fretfreak13]

I don't think they are Manjano's either. Tagging along.

 

[SushiGirl]

Nope, for sure not majanos. Tentacles are too pointy, majanos are more club shaped.

 

[shabreeson]

never seen that before

 

[Anemone]

They're pretty, but the fact that there are three of them that close together makes me think they're probably going to spread. If you could isolate that rock (and them) in a separate tank and watch them, it might beinteresting to see what/how they do. But if you have plans for other sessile inverts in your display tank, I'd say the safest route would be to get rid of them.

I had a similar shaped anemone (just not as colorful around the mouth) that lived mostly in my sandbed and could pull back into the sand fairly quickly. I literally had hundreds in my 80 gallon tank before I got rid of the sandbed.

Kevin

 

[Moort82]

They definately aren't manjanos and although they look similar to the sand dwelling nems you often get as hitchers they aren't those either. I found a couple of mediterranean species of aiptasia that they resemble, Aiptasia mutabilis and Aiptasia diaphana so i think they are a species of aiptasia.
It's not just the three on the rock, it is literally covered in them, which is why aiptasia would fit well.

I've kept them in a sealed bag so they can't do any harm, at least until i get a positive id.
My friend has berghia nudis so i may take a piece of the rock and see if they are interested as they are obligate aiptasia predators.

I'll let you know what i find out, unless anyone else could help me out.

 

[bradleym]

Those rock! If I saw those in a LFS I would buy them anyway lol.