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Old 02-09-2012, 04:18 AM
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found new growth on my live rock.
looks exactly like an aiptasia, but completly transparent and with little white balls on the end of each tentical.

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- very small + ****ty camera = no picture

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Old 02-09-2012, 04:20 AM
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Old 02-09-2012, 04:28 AM
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Old 02-09-2012, 04:41 AM
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YUP thats the one for sure!!! thanks

Good or bad ???

and thanks fitopharmer, i had those jellyfish thing all over my glass and never knew what they were.
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YUP thats the one for sure!!! thanks

Good or bad ???

and thanks fitopharmer, i had those jellyfish thing all over my glass and never knew what they were.


i personally dont think they are harmful and they are neat looking.they are nocturnal and mostly found in dark places.you can feed it if you like, i feed it chopped mysis sometimes if im feeling generous lol they also come in orange my last tank had orange ones and my current tank has clear ones.
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Old 02-09-2012, 04:46 AM
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and if i remember correctly its actually a mushroom and not an anemone so the names def misleading lol
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Old 02-09-2012, 04:50 AM
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agreed, very neat looking.
only have a few softies in my tank, so its nice to have anything new grow in there.

about how big will it get ?

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not very big maybe loonie sized at best, theres prob more then you think they hide well
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Old 02-09-2012, 08:33 AM
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awsome. Just saw a video of one eating a silver side, should i be worried about it killing my mandarins????
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and if i remember correctly its actually a mushroom and not an anemone so the names def misleading lol
Not really.
Mushrooms and Nems are very close cousins...
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