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06-08-2004, 05:53 PM
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Hitchhiker ID
Well, I have been quite pleasantly suprised by the amount and variety of stuff that is showing up on my live rock since the cycle finished. I have been able to ID most of it as good stuff, lots of feather dusters, some pods, brittle stars and such, but this one I'm not sure of.
 I was a bit concerned that it may have been the dreaded aptasia that i've heard so much (bad things) about. I have searched several sites and forums on that, and this thing does not seem to resemble any pictures or descriptions I have found of aptasia. It is a polyp of some sort, it is flat to the rock, and has ragged/frilly edges which do not seem to be like an anemones tentacles. It does react and close up when disturbed so it is a polyp for sure. It is currently slightly smaller than the size of a dime. If anyone can give me some idea what sort of critter it is - good or bad - I would be grateful.
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06-08-2004, 06:04 PM
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Cant tell by the pic but it might be a mushroom
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#3
06-08-2004, 06:14 PM
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Not likely to be a mushroom if it closes upon being touched. I'd say some sort of polyp. Does it have a skeleton at all? I had a pair of odd polyp-looking things that turned out to be Fungia spp., according to Borneman.
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#4
06-08-2004, 06:47 PM
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There does not appear to be a skeleton structure to it. It just seems to be spread out flat on the rock itself.
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#5
06-08-2004, 07:16 PM
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My best guess given the picture is a button polyp, which is a close relative of the zoanthids. Very common hitchhiker on live rock. They're cool, they don't harm anything that I know of. They will spread, faster if you feed them.
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06-08-2004, 09:56 PM
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I didn't want to go and destroy it without knowing what it is, I will keep an eye on it to see what it does.
Sorry about the picture, but my digital camera does not do macro very well. I may try to borrow a better one from my sister to get a better shot to post.
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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06-08-2004, 10:43 PM
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I bought 140 lbs of Kanai rock from J&L Aquatics. It is very nice rock, and they are excellent to deal with. I plan to get another 70 lbs sometime to build up my aquascape a bit more.
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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06-08-2004, 10:52 PM
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Great rock. I got my two little Fungias on that stuff.
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#10
06-10-2004, 07:43 AM
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Maybe it's a mojano
 If so, nuke it with some hot kalk and di blend 
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