HElP ID coral????

[bk_market]

 

This brown looking thing have been moving around my rock work for about a week already. Very small about 1cm. These 2 picture i take are from the side. It's too small to get a clear shot unless it move again today. Can someone ID this for me?

 

 

The second one is brown with green tip. Not sure if it moving around the rock but i think it does. Size is also about 1cm

 

Can these 2 be anemone? coral?

[jamal]

looks like a majano anemone. if i am wrong someone correct me as i have been fortunate enough to have not seen them in my tank but if it is you need to kill those things asap as they will reproduce quickly and sting everything it touches.

[bk_market]

the brown one or the brown one with green tip? these are two of them and they r different color. Thanx for the advice.

[dzekunoi]

These are definitely anemones. Mahano or not - hard for me to say.

 

You can keep them in your sump

I personally hate killing anything. Even aptasia leaves in my sump

[bk_market]

i assume these are not gonna grow big to be nice and beautiful for myclown to host in right?

[jamal]

no they wont. it will just become a huge headache if you plan to keep corals. you can isolate them but take steps to make sure they dont find there way back in the tank.

[bk_market]

I just poke the H-E-double hocky sticks out of them. I think I killed them.

Edited March 28, 2007 by bk_market

[inedukated]

I just poke the H-E-double hocky sticks out of them. I think I killed them.

 

 

Just keep any eye out for them coming back. they are like zombies. You may think you got them, but they may easily rise from the dead.

[bk_market]

i have this small zoas plug and want to share half with my friend. Any advice on fragging zoas? Should I use chopstick to pull them up one by one and glue them to another rock?

[Sugar Magnolia]

Looks like those "tulip anemones" that people sell. Ghastly little creatures. I had some in my 2.5 a few years ago that overran the tank. Poking them will really do nothing other than shred the creature apart and since they mutliply by splitting/laceration, you may end up with more than just the ones you had. Hopefully not though. If they do pop back up, the best way to get rid of them is by injecting them with Joe's Juice, kalk paste, vinegar, or lemon juice. It may take more than one application to completley kill them off.

 

Now, on to those zoas. If you haven't seen steveoutlaws threads, read those first. Zoas are very toxic so you need to take some precaustions before fragging them. Rubber or latex gloves and protective eyewear is a must. Prying them up off the rock will really %$#* them off and they will secrete their toxin. I'd suggest using a chisel and hammer and breaking the rock apart to frag it.

[lanman]

i have this small zoas plug and want to share half with my friend. Any advice on fragging zoas? Should I use chopstick to pull them up one by one and glue them to another rock?

 

AFTER donning eyewear and gloves, I slice carefully between polyps with a scalpel, and then 'chisel' the rock apart where I cut - or use wire snips or reef cutting pliers. I frequently use a magnifying glass when performing surgery on the polyps. Most live rock is quite porous, and easy to break. I try to keep at least 3 polyps together when I frag them. Super-glue the new frag to a piece of rock, or a frag plug. If they are growing on a 'shell' - better hope it's thin, or get a diamond saw. Some of those shells are HARD to break.

 

Take this advice with a grain of salt - I am quite new at this, but enjoy fragging stuff - and it seems to work fine so far!

 

bob

Edited March 28, 2007 by lanman