WTH is this? looks like aiptasia, but really colorful
 

^ like said above. intruding in my zoas is this pretty little thing. not sure if its aiptasia as all I have seen are brown (I know they come in a variety of colors though) and it some what sports the body shape of aiptasia.. tell me the good news? :lol:

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...titled-1-3.jpg

it closes up about as fast as the surrounding zoas when bothered, and opens just as quick, when closed it doesnt completely close like aiptasia, you can still see some of the "frills" like a zoa...

its an anemone, i forget the name but i had one a couple years ago they come in different colors.will sting your zoas though:P

not a pest:)

gets to the size of a dime:P

hmm.. any advice on getting it separated from the zoas? should I just frag away what I can and move the zoos somewhere else?

any idea how big its going to get?
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they are not aiptasia....like Denny said, some kind of nem.....I forget the name too..... Dawn(noirsphinx) knows, she's the one that scooped the ones RCE had while I was trying to find out if I wanted them or not(rackin frackin Dawn:mrgreen:).....

lol thief, thanks its not going to spread all over is it?

hard to say the zoas will be fine the nem prob wouldnt like to be cut off , you can try an ice cube but id say you have to cut some of the frag off or just let it grow eventually(if the zoos dont melt) they will get used to the sting:P

hahah shes where i got mine too lol:P ok so dawn obviouly knows lol

if they do ill take 50 but no they wont they dont get to be big but do come in some nice colours:) mine was red with white...kinda reminds me of a rock flower but its obviouly not:)

hmmm... well if it starts to spread, you can all have them for free :)

I think I got some of yours Denny, been watching them to see how they behave. They will move a bit every once in a while, especially if left in a high flow area.

I've been calling them Denny-anemones ;) after some practice of course.

possibly majanoes too they are in my display tank:redface:

Denny-nemone :D

denemone

Flower Pot Anemone maybe as well.

here was mine:)


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1293941841

Here is a macro pic of the one I was talking about.
http://img.tapatalk.com/464b85f3-016c-9b97.jpg

well tomorrow I'm going to try to separate it from the frag very carefully. If I am successful is anyone local interested? its really nice green with purple

i got this one
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...a/DSC04421.jpg

that ones aiptasia for sure:mrgreen:

humm i think im familiar with this species....better frag it and bring it to me for closer observation asap :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Is it? cause i have some aiptasia but they only have one color so i got a peppermint shrimp and he has been doing his job but he is taking his time lol

yes they can come in striped colours like that, peppermints wont usually eat big ones that big.

oh ok good to know, thanks

your welcome, big ones like that can be injected with pure lemon juice through a syringe through its mouth and into its stem....no more aiptasia:P

lemon juice in the tank? doesnt do anything to the tank?

not in small doses obviously the larger the tank the more diluted it will become as well:)

oh ok lol :D

lime juice and boiling water work for some but i found lemon juice straight from the lemon works better. your peps will get them in time but you have to cut back on your feeding and they work better in numbers;)