Matt Noyes March 5, 2007 Share March 5, 2007 This is an interesting little fellow on one of the rocks I picked up today. Dont think it is an aiptasia, or a photo-synthetic organism but curious none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak March 5, 2007 Share March 5, 2007 can you get a diffrent angel on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Noyes March 5, 2007 Author Share March 5, 2007 Not really, I have another picture of a second one on the same rock but no visible mouth on that one. I will try to look through the other pics I took and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Noyes March 5, 2007 Author Share March 5, 2007 here is another pic of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbh March 5, 2007 Share March 5, 2007 I honestly am not an expert! But I would definately, strongly, consider quarantining it until someone does positively ID it for you- just in case it IS a pest or otherwise unwanted critter. I've heard of too many stories of someone wishing they had and did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunfarm March 5, 2007 Share March 5, 2007 I can't exactly remember... But it's something like 'ball' anemone. I'll have to look around, but if I recall correctly it's a non-invasive species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunfarm March 5, 2007 Share March 5, 2007 Alright, try pseudocorynactics. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Noyes March 5, 2007 Author Share March 5, 2007 Alright, try pseudocorynactics. Maybe. Thats what it looks like...and looks like the indo-pacific variety...looks like its getting killed tonight (or at least scrubbed off the rock) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia March 6, 2007 Share March 6, 2007 Fascinating creature! Here's an article from Advanced Aquarist that touches on this creature: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/invert.htm From the looks of yours, it is already propogating itself. See where the foot is over on the right and how the main body has shifted to the left? It's doing it's fission propogating thing. The flesh left behind will generate a whole new corallimorph. Pretty darn cool. If you do decide to part with it, offer it up in the sale/trade forum - it would be great for a species only tank. To fully remove it from the rock, you'll need to use a chisel and hammer to get a good chunk of rock off with all the flesh attached. Otherwise, you'll have more pop up. HTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzekunoi March 6, 2007 Share March 6, 2007 Interesting! I thought ot looks like a baby frogspawn. Very much like those little babies my froggy spits. OR maybe I saw that anem too? How big is the thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofloors March 6, 2007 Share March 6, 2007 I remember Michaelg had Eric Borneman ID these and he said it was a type of Carribbean coralimorph. That's about all I remember. You can search here for Mike's thread or over on RC. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Noyes March 6, 2007 Author Share March 6, 2007 The one rock that they are on (there are at least 3-4 on the rock that I have seen) has been removed from the tank and is sitting in a bucket of salt water, there is also 1 or 2 aiptasia on the rock. I dont want to see the aiptasia get to plague proportions so it will sit in the bucket for a little bit. Might offer it up for trade of a like sized piece of rock Fascinating creature! Here's an article from Advanced Aquarist that touches on this creature: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/invert.htm From the looks of yours, it is already propogating itself. See where the foot is over on the right and how the main body has shifted to the left? It's doing it's fission propogating thing. The flesh left behind will generate a whole new corallimorph. Pretty darn cool. If you do decide to part with it, offer it up in the sale/trade forum - it would be great for a species only tank. To fully remove it from the rock, you'll need to use a chisel and hammer to get a good chunk of rock off with all the flesh attached. Otherwise, you'll have more pop up. HTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco March 6, 2007 Share March 6, 2007 corallimorph - no biggie. They don't like a ton of light, so will probably move to botton of rocks or just die off. Expand out at night, but sometimes lookes like a ball during the day. If you starve the rock for light, it will probably still be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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