jenniebutterfly Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 i have asked for an id on this before. then it was between some zoos, i fragged it out, and glued it to a new rock, and now it opens like this. it is small. when closed up it is about the size of a pencil eraser. when fully open it is no bigger than a dime. it catches brine, and i thought it was a shroom, but i still am not sure. any ideas? Link to comment
Jade5051 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Looks like an anemone of some sort. Link to comment
melcolm Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 wow...looks like an lps, like a mini elegance or something. Most likely anemone though, but not sure. does it have skeletal matter? Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 i really do not think it is an anemone. my lighting is not really strong enough, and i have had this for about a year. i cannot tell if it has a skeleton because it is so small. here is a pic of it when i asked what it was before and this is still the same size as it was, it just opens up better now that it is not near the zoos. and yes those are regular zoos, not palys Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 sorry the pics are so grainy, i am using the digital macro zoom on my camera and it just does that Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 it totally looks like a mini-elegance! hahah. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 i wish it would get bigger so i could get a better pic. it would be cool if it were something uncommon lol. it is just so tiny. grow grow grow little thing lol. i will try to get some more pics of it open and closed and stuff to get a better idea of how different it looks at different times Link to comment
DIYDude Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 If it has some sort of skeleton its probably Hydnophora rigida, if not probably elegance. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 i still have no clue, i hope it is an elegance, that would be cool to grow one from this size, and seeing as to how they don't fare to well in a home aquarium, and this one has been with me for a year i could be on the right path to keeping it. it has gotten a lot happier since i took it out of all the zoos, it stays open all the time, when it was with the zoos it never opened, i always assumed it was a kind of sponge or something. i went to my lfs today to see if they had any, and the only one they had was mush, looks like it died yesterday and they still have not taken it out. i was wanting them to make it close up so i could see it and compare it to mine. so if anyone has an elegance and could do that and snap a pic i would appreciate it. mine looks like it has about 4 or 5 mouths on it, again it is so small it is hard to tell jennifer Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 ok, so i pulled it out today when some coral got knocked over, i gently touched the top of it, and the sides, and it does feel like it has a skeletal structure. so not a softie or anemone. jen Link to comment
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