Why is majano so bad? can I keep it?

[squishifishi]

I know people don't like majano anemones, but I can't find what makes it so bad!
I was wondering, a few things too. I have some hitchhickers that might be majano.
Will it grow in the sand too, or will it stay on the rock. this tank is not stocked yet, so I was wondering if I can keep it, instead of adding corals.
If I place some shrooms in the sand, will they be ok since they will not be sharing the rock? Also, do I have to worry about majanos hurting any of these pets I want to get:
clown goby
pom pom crab
nassarius snail
shrimp?
Thank you for your input on this topic!

 

[Jamie1210]

they will spread and have the potential to take over your tank and sting corals

 

[squishifishi]

will it hurt anything besides coral? will they be ok with the shrooms in the sand and other pets listed?
They're pretty and too hard to get rid of so I wanted to just keep them unless they'll hurt that stuff.
Thanks!

 

[bradleym]

They won't hurt the fish or inverts, but they can detach and float around the tank, so they may end up close enough to sting your corals at some point. Other than that (and the fact that they can get extremely numerous) there is no harm in keeping them. I have one in a 3g tank so I can keep tabs on it.

 

[squishifishi]

ok, thanks! do you think sexy shrimp could host with them? they are anemones after all!

 

[bradleym]

I don't think majanos get big enough. The shrimp are the same size as the majanos when full grown.

 

[squishifishi]

oh, ok. I wasn't sure if they liked to live IN the host coral, or just nearby to feed off of their food.
thanks!
P.S.
I need help with stocking this tank. I'm brainstorming in my thread:
adventure in pico reefing- 2.5
Check it out!

 

[jbm421]

Yeah get rid of those things they are like herpes of the reef.

 

[seamonkey84]

I've seen a pic of a tank with a rock island covered with these little buggas. Very pretty but terrible to keep in a reef tank. Worst than aptasia since we don't have any known predators for them, but they do have a firm pedal disk so its easier to peel off a rock than aptasia. To me they do look like a mini bubble tip nem, very pretty until they start acting like tribbles.
If I were you I'd start a pico tank just for those type of critters, I had one for awhile, but them turned it into a maxi nem garden instead lol.

 

[squishifishi]

Yeah. It's just a pico tank. I think I'm going to keep them because it's easier and cheaper than trying to kill them and buy coral. I'll do just them and rocks for decor and I'll put crabs and shrimp and snails and mabey a tiny clown goby in there with them. It'll actually be kinda nice because when I was planning on coral, My options went way down interms of inverts because most of the ones small enough for this tank eat coral!

check out this tank in:
adventure in pico reefing- 2.5

Thanks!!!

 

[weldon133]

Squishifishi, I felt the exact same way when I found out that the "really cool anemone" I found in my new live rock was, in fact, as bad as aptasia. I thought it still looked pretty even if it was a pest. Then I did a google image search for majano anemone and when I saw tanks infested with them. I decided they had to go. I only had five (all on one rock). It was suggested that I pitch the rock, but since its supporting other rocks decided to leave it and treat the majanos with aptasia x. So far so good. Only one majano had to be treated a second time. Good luck!

 

[orangegoby]

i actually find them quite cute. i guess it gets bit scary when they takeover the whole tank, just like the pulsing xenia, some regards it as weed when they r "doing too well" and trying hard to get rid of it. i guess we like to be in control, after all this is our little zen garden. when i saw a tank completely covered by tens of rbta it scares me too.

 

[Fitz19d]

You could do other weed corals and other pests and do a pest tank. No worries if it stings up some xenia/anthelia as they will grow right back. I personally have one huge majano sump monster. In 3-4 months I seem to have about 2 tiny new ones coming up down there.

Some of these pests I think people freak over are only bad because they get lazy about addressing them till it's a huge problem, or they just have huge tanks with rock that can't be moved so they have a harder time addressing it than if it was just a 50g or smaller.

 

[bradleym]

The problem with majanos as well as aiptasia is simple. They both have the ability to completely retract into a space smaller than a tack and flat as a dime. And they can reproduce and regrow from pieces as little as half a grain of rice. On top of that, they will easily reproduce multiple times per month, sometimes per week. So in short, they are hard to control and grow out faster than most people can keep up with.

Aside from this, they are just small anemones, with all the same issues and requirements.