small brown anemones

[sassyfrassy]

I'm cleaning the caulerpa off my LR, and I'm finding small brown anemones on the underside (dark) of LR - they are not aiptasia - they have no stalk, and short tentacles kinda iridescent on tips. Anyone know what these are? I was scrubbing them off & digging them out 'til I realized they weren't aiptasia.

 

[mikecc67548]

Gonna need pics plz

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yep, pics would really help.

 

[lolgranny]

+1 on pic.

My guess would either be aiptasia or a majano

 

[Moonstream]

I'd lean towards a majano, with the "irridescent tips" bit

 

[kduen]

Pics will make short work of this. If they are small, aparently have no stalk, irredescent tips and found in the dark they could be psuedocorynactis but the brown doesn't fit.

 

[sassyfrassy]

It is not brown like I first thought, luckily it is a rock I was cleaning so I put it closer to light and w/magnification - it is clear with orange tips - I believe it is a corynactis. The question is whether it is dangerous or not? Stinging tips?

 

[sassyfrassy]

bump - corynactis dangerous - stinging tips - or not?

 

[reefcleaners]

no they are ok in my book. they will spread, but it is usually only locally, they look nice and aren't any more aggressive than your average coral and they stay still. I have palys that bump right up to them, my frogspawn killed a few to give you an idea where they are.

 

[sassyfrassy]

Thanks, they are quite pretty, but don't seem to like the light. Mine are under a rock in the shade.