What is this?

Treebeard · #1 03-02-2009, 03:10 AM

Found this guy on the bottom of a rock tonight. It looks like some kind of anemone.... anybody have a name for it?

my2rotties · #2 03-02-2009, 03:25 AM

Have no clue about what it is but it is really neat. All I have on the bottoms of my rocks are bristle worms.

Delphinus · #3 03-02-2009, 03:25 AM

I'm guessing palythoa..

Treebeard · #4 03-02-2009, 04:12 AM

I think you are right Tony. Seems kind of strange that it would be living on the bottom of a rock in the dark though! I repositioned the rock so I can keep see him all the time and check up on him.

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

I'm guessing palythoa..

Treebeard · #5 03-02-2009, 04:25 AM

Just took another look with a flashlight, and i am not sure if it is a paly. It does not have the "frills" around the outside like the ones I googled. It seems to have short, stubby bubble-ended tenticles.

High tide · #6 03-02-2009, 04:31 AM

If the rock is from the Caribbean or Atlantic it could be Telmatactis cricoides.

Treebeard · #7 03-02-2009, 04:41 AM

Fortunately, I do not spend a lot of time inspecting the bottom of the rocks in the tank! I was at the end of my rope trying to get some rock arranged in order to hide a powerhead and found the stranger.

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

Have no clue about what it is but it is really neat. All I have on the bottoms of my rocks are bristle worms.

Treebeard · #8 03-02-2009, 05:37 PM

I am not sure where the rock is from, but I think you are correct. It looks like this one:

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/i...p?picid=905862

Thanks for your expertise!

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Originally Posted by High tide

If the rock is from the Caribbean or Atlantic it could be Telmatactis cricoides.

Jason McK · #9 03-02-2009, 07:34 PM

I had a couple of them in my old system. Never could get a 100% ID but the closest I could get was a common name rock anemone. It didn't grow very much and never bothered anything. At night it would strech out but again never hurt anything. I fed it a couple of times.

Zoaelite · #10 03-02-2009, 09:45 PM

Tony It's not a paly, pretty sure on that. Can't see any sand grains/ the growth is not circular parallel lines to the mouth. My best guess would be a sort of an anemone but your the expert on those so I'm stumped. Cool looking, perhaps it will color up for you?
Levi