Xenia????

[schaferfred]

I hope this picture is okay because it is the best I can get. They are very very smal but I think they are xenia. What do some of you think? Thanks

[tonym]

Xenia or possibly Anthelia.

[theDude]

It's kinda hard to tell from the pic. ReefKeeping had an article on xeniids a couple of months back. Here ya go: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/...ature/index.htm

[schaferfred]

Thanks tonym and theDude. These must have come on the live rock I just got 2 weeks ago and they just popped outta nowhere.

[MarLooney]

if you end up with a whole bunch and they stay that small with no central stalk or mat then i'd go with daisy polyps. that's what they look like to me so far. but when they're small cloves, daisys, xenia, anthelia, etc... almost all look the same. only time will tell. maybe even star polyps or a gorg... who knows.

[schaferfred]

Thanks Marlooney, You can't see in the picture but each "arm" is feathery which has me believing they are anthelia. Where there were five stalks, there are now five.