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DZ's
I've searched and I can't seem to be able to identify these little green/brown cluster things. It has lots of fine tentacles on it's outer edge, with teeny tiny white dots on the ends of it. There is three smaller ones around the top one.

Thanks


19jeffro83
mini carpet anemone?
ednangel
they kinda look to me like little mini nems.

cool.gif let see what others have to say...
epicfish
I say...those pics aren't loading!
nanodude87
The pics are moved or deleted. I can't see them.
DZ's
Sorry. I had moved them when I realized they were saved in the wrong album. I hope you can see them now. smile.gif
jamesnmandy
based off of what others here have posted, i am guessing majano anenome, they are quite pretty, quite prolific though
epicfish
Not a mini nem.
mad28gnc
kinda look like baby green rics but not enough lil bulbs on the outer rim maybe rock nems see if you can get a better pic. try putting the camera in the tank thats what i do but dont tell anyone
ps make sure its water proof first wink.gif
DZ's
LOL mad28gnc. Perhaps a subtle hint for my B-Day gift??? I'll try to get better pics.

Thanks for some names to go search more on google. They have not moved, and they are extremely close together, if not branch together?
jamesnmandy... Majano anenome? I thought all anemones move? Hmmm.... They are pretty with their little green V lines from mouth to edge. Off to go read and look at pics again. LOL

Thank you Everyone. You're awesome. smile.gif
MitchReef
A majano is a form of anemone, usually considered a pest.
DZ's
Thank you. I will keep an eye on it.
Zo0k365
It looks like it might be a couple baby fungia. Sometimes when a fungia breaks off of a rock it leaves a little stem which turns into a baby fungia factory. You might have a good find! But do some more research because I'm not sure.
ajmckay
I vote some variety of zoanthus or palythoa based on the arrangement.

Another possibility is some type of corallimorph...

I doubt it's a majano based on it's looks and it's arrangement. Do they close up when you touch them? If so, how fast?
DZ's
I've never touched them. scarry01.gif Will it bite my finger off? laugh.gif

Well, I tried this evening after the lights have been off. I took my trusty flashlight to try to get better pics. I don't have my camera right now. So, it's the best as I can do with my cell phone.
In the 2nd pic. the 4th one is at 1o'clock. You can kinda of see the brown tentacles/fingers around the green and how tall it is.

Thanks again for all your help. I really didn't see where it matched up with the majanos.


Dmarmontello
Still hard to tell but it looks like a larger variety of a Zoa. I would rub your hand near them so the water pushes up against them and see if they close up. Most Zoas do close up at night (or at least partially close up), yours seem very open (which is odd). The cluster formation and those brown tentacles look a lot like a mid to large sized Zoa thought.
Markushka
looks like a mini nem to me.
Dmarmontello
I agree the coloring looks like mini nem. The formation doesn't though.
DZ's
Okay, I did the water movement, and even gently touched it. It does not close up. Just shrinks down a bit. Maybe I had the LED flashlight on it too long while trying to take the pictures last night. Sorry.

I would agree, looks like similar to mini nem, but the formation it whats hard to find to match while searching around on the internet.

I really appreciate everyone's help that has lead me into looking into other names of what this might be. smile.gif
Markushka
QUOTE (Dmarmontello @ Feb 8 2010, 10:28 AM) *
I agree the coloring looks like mini nem. The formation doesn't though.


It's hard to see with these pics but I agree. maybe its some morphed nem smile.gif

DZ could you try to write up an accurate physical description?
clockwork john
Do they have a skeleton? I'm thinking either Eleganca coral or Duncan.
Zo0k365
If you can, try to feed it some shrimp or something that lps eat. It really does seem to me that it's a cluster of baby fungia. I want to know if small clearish tentacles come out when you put the food on it or near it like most lps do. Also, make it retract as much as you can and take a picture of it. That will tell us if it has a skeleton or not.
DZ's
Update.. this critter has not moved from it's location. There is still four units that is happy in my tank. And I have fed it live brime & frozen and (yes even live baby brime that I feed to my other tanks.)and it does close up with lights off. After now being curious for the last month....and I seek no death of it.... IT STILL has four connected unit and has not moved from it's rock location when I found it..... So please, enlighten me.... what is this hitchhiker on my rock???

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