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Old 01-01-2009, 10:13 PM
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Looks like a little Aiptasia anemone to me.
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Old 01-01-2009, 10:48 PM
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I agree, aiptasia anemone. Definately a pest. Get rid of them now b/f they spread to plague like numbers.
I have found joes juice/aiptasia x to be the most effective, but if you do a search, you will find many different methods of erradication.
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Old 01-02-2009, 12:44 AM
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Its definately not aiptasia I have had a few of those pop up over the past couple years and joes juice them. These dont grow like aiptasia and the tentacles are rigid.
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Old 01-02-2009, 02:25 AM
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might be a type of "worm cucumber"
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Old 01-03-2009, 03:04 AM
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For it to definitely not be aiptasia, it sure looks like one. Maybe it's a worm that ate a aiptasia, liked it and now disguises itself as one. Some type of ambush predator I now I'm awful, really though more than one type of aiptasia
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Old 01-03-2009, 06:03 AM
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Well at first i thought it was some kind of Sandworm straight out of Dune after my damn spice...
I didnt realize there was more than one type of aiptasia? It isnt like any I have ever seen. And the fact that they only come out at night or in dark spots. I always thought aiptasia required light which is why they can be "cooked" by depriving them of it?
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Old 01-03-2009, 03:48 PM
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These little guys are very resilant they can live in deprived conditions. The one you have is mabe Bartholomea annulata (Fam:Aiptasiidae) even that type has many different shape and they change color throughout the year. http://www.poppe-images.com/expediti...id=1123&max=51
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