is this an anemone??

[5ft24]

saw this growing on a small piece of rock under a kenya coral...
Any ideas?

It's the little orangish-red guy
Thanks

 

[milhous3er]

Majano ??

Google Majano images and you'll find some on there. If it is, most consider it a pest anemone (like aptasia). You can easily get rid of it with other aptasia treating treatments.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Majano ??

+1
To be sure we need another pic or two.

 

[garygb]

I can't tell from the pic, but I'm not sure it's a majano. There is another hitchhiker that looks similar to that, very sticky, when feed immediately clamps around the food item and ingests it. I have one of the later that's been with me for years. It's never reproduced and has slowly gotten larger. The column is under a rock, but I've seen it on occasion when moving things around, and it's maybe 3 inches long. The tentacles are kind of an amber/reddish brown color. I very rarely think to feed it, but it has a voracious appetite. I rather like it.

 

[syrinx]

Don`t they call those beadlet anemones- could be wrong, but its not a majano. Edit def not beadlet- will look it up though!

 

[5ft24]

Here are links to a slightly off side shot, and another head on with it's mouth open... They are LARGE pics...
http://www.n5xmt.org/reef/Macro/thing2.jpg
http://www.n5xmt.org/reef/Macro/thing.jpg

 

[syrinx]

The books I have here at the house are limited- but it is called either orange or white ball anemone. max size is 2 inches, although i have never seen one that big. They wont usually get out of control unless tank is way overfed. Not as bad of a sting as the majano or aptasia.

 

[5ft24]

right now this one is tiny... about 3/16" across

 

[Anemone]

Hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like it could be corynactis or pseudocorynactis (which includes the ball anemones mentioned above). Not really an anemone, but a corallimorph (more of a mushroom). Hard to tell from your picture, but the hallmark of these little hitchhikers is a white ball-tip at the end of the tentacles. They are often translucent, with colors ranging from red to orange to pink to yellow, but can be opaque in a variety of colors as well.

The larger ones (which can be sold in the trade as orange ball anemones) tend to be singles, while the smaller variety can multiply, but generally stay in fairly cryptic areas of the tank (either out of direct light, or come out more after lights out). I've had quite a variety of them in my tanks and they have never caused any problems with other sessile invertebrates.

HTH,
Kevin

 

[5ft24]

the tentacles are clear with a little white ball on the tip of each... With the lights out, it was extending out a bit and it's mouth was open.

 

[Luhring]

I have had one in my tank and I honestly wasn't worried about it. And then one day it just disappeared as fast as it appeared, I would worry about it. Just don't over feed.

 

[garygb]

Looking at those last pics, I think what you have is a corynactis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corynactis_californica

 

[5ft24]

Looking at those last pics, I think what you have is a corynactis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corynactis_californica

That was what I thought as well, but everywhere I searched says they die in temps above 68 Deg. F.
I'll just let it be and see what happens... when I fed last night, It had a small mysis stick to it and it ate it...
Here's a pic with it's mouth open shortly before it ate:

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Looks like a ball anemone.

 

[bues0022]

"Anemone" hit the nail on the head. I've had them in my tanks for years - and generally in very low light areas. They aren't a problem.

 

[5ft24]