LPS HitchHiker ID

[travis32]

O.k. I originally posted this in the reef discussion because I thought based on responses I may have hitchhiker Majano anemones.

After additional research, I believe they may be bab duncan LPS corals

The two I have growing and are extremely tiny look very much like this without the base (or if the base is there I can't see it):

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...m=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&ndsp=18&tbs=isch:1


I hope the link works. That pic is almost exactly what I have two of growing on their own.

If it's an majano or nuisance anemone I want to kill it, if it's a Duncan, I want to keep it. Urrg.

 

[mjoener]

duncan if it looks like the link

 

[travis32]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking... Now, I've seen conflicting information.. Are duncans bad? Or just bad as in xenia bad. They grow fast, multiply fast and can be like weeds?

 

[mjoener]

Duncan as an annoying over grower like Xenia?
Never heard that one actually!
That stuff can make ya some ching for sure either way.

 

[travis32]

I"m not 100% convinced it's not a Majano anemone, but, in a weeks time, the "mystery objects" have flattened out more, and started to look more coral like than anemone like..

I've also been reducing my salinity from 1.030 to 1.027 in the last week so if it's either annoying anemone or good duncan corals, it's probably irritated..

I'll have to wait for it to get bigger and see if it's easier to id... There'2 that look identical side by side. One is larger than the other but both are still smaller than a nickel in diameter.

The reason I don't think it's a majano or other nuisance anemone is the "hairs" or "tentacles" aren't long and whispy. They're very short and stubby.

 

[oddballs]

Mojano anemones have short stubby tentacles,kinda like mini bubble tips.

 

[kingfisher62]

I am leaning towards Mojano anemones or Aiptasia. Keep a close eye on it till you can get a positive ID.

 

[Reef Bass]

It is far more likely to be aiptasia or majano than a duncan.

 

[travis32]

1 of the two disappeared last night..... Not sure if it picked up and moved, or what.

 

[quadrantkhan]

Definitely wouldn't be a Duncan if it "moved" (on its own at least)..

 

[travis32]

We found it, it was shrunken some, could hardly see it, I missed it the first time..