Unknow coral

[juniorrocketdad]

Hello again
It seems that every day owning a reef tank you find something new, well a couple weeks ago I found this coral that only comes out at night, it has me very confused during the day it hides in it's little cave, but if you turn the lights on at night you can see him, I wonder if it's a zoanthid? If anyone could is it I would appreciate it

 

[Rob6311]

It doesn't even look like coral I think it might be one of those nuisance anemones

 

[juniorrocketdad]

It's definantly possible but I have done a little bit of research on them and I haven't see any that look quite like it, all of the nuisance anemones appear to have longer soft tentacles where as this ones are solid, I really have no idea with this one

 

[Haleyf1024]

If I had to guess, I would personally say a type on long tentacle zoanthid. My LFS had a few but none of them look exactly like that, so I could be completely wrong. Doesn't look like a nem to me though

 

[juniorrocketdad]

If it is an anemone why does it only come out at night

 

[juniorrocketdad]

A zoanthid was my initial thought but the tentacles have me confused

 

[Haleyf1024]

These are similar to what I was talking about that sort of resemble your guy

 

[juniorrocketdad]

That definantly could be it

 

[beertech]

Looks similar to Mojano. Its a pest.

 

[twon8]

Pretty sure it's a pest anemone

 

[jeperry3]

Kinda looks like a ball anemone. Don't think its Aptaisia or Majano but kinda hard to tell from the pic.

 

[slief]

Kinda looks like a ball anemone. Don't think its Aptaisia or Majano but kinda hard to tell from the pic.

I agree. Looks like a Corallimorpharia.

 

[juniorrocketdad]

If it is a pest anemone what is the negative of leaving it be

 

[juniorrocketdad]

Will it attack other things if it moves?

 

[disc1]

The problem with those anemones is that one can turn into hundreds really fast.

 

[juniorrocketdad]

Ok so how do I go about getting rid of it

 

[Haleyf1024]

If you decide to treat it like an aiptasia, get some kalk and mix it with tank water to form a paste. Use a turkey baster to blast him with it and if you feel the need, put thicker paster over his hole in the rock to make sure he is a goner. Whatever you do, don't try and rip him off the rock because you will end up with dozens/hundreds of happy babies. Good luck!

 

[juniorrocketdad]

Ok so basically I will suffocate it and if I leave it it will spread everywhere

 

[jeperry3]

Its one of those things that some people have problems with and others don't. (Like Asterina Starfish.) I have left them alone and they go away after a while. Most don't move or spread fast, some are suspected of killing fish snails and other critters. I believe you could kill it with superglue or epoxy if you are so inclined. Kalk paste would also work. I think they are kinda cool. :bum:

 

[juniorrocketdad]

Ya this one looks pretty cool so I'll keep it and if it spreads I'll kill it