Jbrock183 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have several of these growing. At first I thought it was a type of feather duster but now I have several so I'm worried it might be Aiptasia. Pics Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Too wide for aiptasia. Not aiptasia Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 What do you think it is? Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I'm not too good at some identifications of corals, but looks to me as some sort of zoa, or similar polyp. But I'mI'm positive its not aiptasia. Link to comment
Benny314 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 What happens if you touch them? If they close up and have an inter joining web of tissue connecting them they are a polyp of some type. If they with draw into the rock individually at high speed it's probably some sort of aiptasia or pest anemone. Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Aiptasia like to spread, and they don't grow bunched like ZOA's. Also the tentacles are much longer. Link to comment
Benny314 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have some lovely aiptasia clusters. I also managed to burn some with the violet wound up to high on my LED's leaving them with very short tentacles. Never mind ay lol. Desperately trying to get some berghia. Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 You get what I mean, in normal unstressed circumstances they behave like I previously described. Link to comment
mattyfelts Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 looks like some sort of pest nem to me... might be brown zoas though Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 What happens if you touch them? They retract similarly to a zoa and appear to be some type of polyp. I've had mojano and aiptaisia, and the mojano retracts in a similar way. But it looks different than any of these. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Before touching. After touching. While opening. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 The tentacles appear (to me) to be too large in diameter to be Aiptasia, too small in diameter to be Mojano (and too spread out within each polyp), and a bit too long to be a Zoa..... I don't know. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Here is a new one that just came up on the opposite side of my tank. . Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 These are unusual polyps, touch the other one and see. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 The other one retracts in the same way. Should I get rid of them? Link to comment
Marc.The.Shark Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 When in doubt, get 'em out! Link to comment
Benny314 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Here is a new one that just came up on the opposite side of my tank. . Bugger didn't quote the photos, but this one is defiantly aiptasia. I would also lean towards the others being some variant of glass anemone. "Aiptasia" come in many colours and shapes depending on the environment they have come from and the environment they are living in. I have almost clear ones, dark brown ones, ones with long tentacles and long stems, short stems and fat tentacles, clumps of them and the odd one or 2 that end up blowing around the tank and blended by the power heads seeding more of the buggers everywhere. I will get on top of them eventually, but right now they're just a massive pain in the ass. Link to comment
amphipod Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 When the tentacles are touched several times are they very dark? Link to comment
amphipod Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Anyways aiptasia like to give space between each others pedal discs, they don't grow attached like the first pics, your individual polyp seems slightly more aiptasia like but your cluster is not aiptasia. Unless you substantially damaged some huge aiptasia they wouldn't be growing like that. Is this a new live rock? Link to comment
Benny314 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 My aiptasia clusters are quite happy. I have a particularly annoying cluster around my trumpet coral. Sorry for the crap resolution, the coral is mid tank and I've only got phone pics so I've had to crop into it. You can clearly see 2 aiptasia quite happily side by side and the other side of the coral has at least 3, you can see the tentacles sticking up. They've been there for months and when I was having a bit of a purge with my gas soldering torch while the corals were in holding in my sump I couldn't get these buggers as they're to close to the coral. I have a nice collection around the lip of my lobo too. Link to comment
Marc.The.Shark Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Inject them with boiling water, worked for me, melted right off. Link to comment
patback Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I'm pretty sure those are just some basic palys.... But judging by the amount of responses and the fact that didn't come up I'm second guessing myself. Link to comment
jack1978 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I have some lovely aiptasia clusters. I also managed to burn some with the violet wound up to high on my LED's leaving them with very short tentacles. Never mind ay lol. Desperately trying to get some berghia. Check out "reef-town". I had thousands in my 40....even had a turbo snail with one on his shell. Every last one was eradicated and haven't had any return in the past year. They work. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 When the tentacles are touched several times they turn more of a greenish brown, not a dark color. I've had aiptaisia and mojano and both have been easily eradicated with vinegar. In fact, vinegar to kill aiptasia usually results in a 'melting' effect and typically omit a cloudy like substance afterward. Vinegar has also worked for kiling mojano, but no 'melting effect' or 'cloudy substance afterward. I tried vinegar on these guys and they just retracted for a much longer period of time than their typical reaction from being touched. This is why I'm doubting they are a type of mojano or aiptasia. But it's obviously a different species than what I have encountered so I may be wrong. Someone asked if this is a new live rock - and the answer is no. I've had both of them for about 6 months now. Also, I've eradicated any Aiptasia or Majono well before they could reach a good size. But still, I just don't know.... An hour after dosing with vinegar and they look just like they did before.... Also, I'm sorry that I can't get a better picture quality, but I am certain that the 'new' growth is the same thing as the first set of pics I sent. Link to comment
Benny314 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hummm puzzling. Maybe they are a polyp, but as you said with the picture quality it's hard to see if they have tissue connecting them. I'll give vinegar a crack next time I have the canopy off and I can get to the bottom of the tank. I'm in the UK and currently I can't source any berghia over here. Link to comment
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