Wendy Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Can anyone verify for me that this is a Strawberry Anemone? I also need to know if they are harmful to my soft corals, because they are spreading. This is a picture of another one... Link to comment
BobbyL1212 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 90% sure, touch it. if it has a skeleton, it is a Large Polyped Stony, if it doesn't have a skeleton, and a red pedal disk, it's a Corynactis Californica, Strawberry nem. Link to comment
Jamie Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 They are a tropical relative of strawberry anemones - Corynactis or Pseudocorynactis sp. They do sting, but aren't invasive like Aiptasia, and people don't usually have problems with them. If they get really big they can eat fish, but I don't think that's the species you have. How big are they now? edit: for clarification, strawberries are a coldwater species. If this is a topical tank, it is impossible that these are C. californica. They cannot survive in warm water. Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 ball anemones. harmless. non-photosynthic. split rapidly. dont sting hard enough to kill Link to comment
Wendy Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yeah, I really don't want to touch it & they are only 3/4 of an inch spread out. I've had my tank set up going on 15 months & 1st dicovered one a few months back; now there are about a dozen on the backs & underneath my rocks. And, yes, I have a tropical tank that stays 77-78 degrees. Oh & thanks for the fast replys! Link to comment
DAHNIC561 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 ball anemones yeah they spead like crazy...and love the real low light areas...i tried burning them but they still come back? Link to comment
BobbyL1212 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 ohhh! It is hard to scale according to a pic. (embarrassed) It is like Nanobuds said, A Ball Anemone. Link to comment
Wendy Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 OK so I have ball anemones that will stay in low light areas, hopefully. I am planning to start up a new tank in a month or so, should I try to get these guys off my rocks or just leave them be? Could they possibly be a big pest? I guess I need to go do some research.... Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 leave them be. they are awesome and harmles, and i would defiantly buy them if they were usually sold at a LFS Link to comment
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