Some type of polyp??

[Bliss Creative]

We bought this live rock a while back and these polyp like things have been starting to grow fast.

Any idea what they are?

 

[fastrc]

sorta looks like a small plate coral from those pictures

 

[Pufferpunk]

+1

 

[lunacris]

2 on a plate. Or maybe hairy mushroom.

 

[EricTheRed]

I dunno, but they look cool and nothing like the ones I showed you today. I hope the xenias do well. Keep me posted!

 

[Bliss Creative]

thanks again for the xenia!! I have then in two different water bottles with a bunch of rubble. I'm hoping they attach and move up right because i can't get them to stay upright right now.

 

[bigt22005]

they look like a type of aptasia i have seen those before im quite sure they are a aptasia

 

[jcarlilesiu]

they look like a type of aptasia i have seen those before im quite sure they are a aptasia

I have never seen aptasia that "plate" with tentacles growing perpendicular to the plate surface. Here is the most common form of aptasia or glass anemone.

Photo Credit to reefcorner.com

 

[Spoofer]

Could be a majano anemone

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

tough to tell from the pic

 

[jcarlilesiu]

Could be a majano anemone

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

tough to tell from the pic

Yeah, could be a little majano, I thought that too. Majano's typically have a little bulb on the end of the tentacles.

 

[Greg]

Id go with plate coral.
If you touch it or move water onto it, does it show a skeleton, or just suck into the rock?
Never seen a majano like that, but there are many many different species.

 

[EricTheRed]

This thread started last May...what do they look like now?

 

[jcarlilesiu]

This thread started last May...what do they look like now?

Whoops.

Didn't see this was a bumped old topic.

 

[bigt22005]

Aptasia can come many different species although it mite not be called that scientifically what im trying to say is that its a anemone pest a species of aptasia I have had that hitch hike on a piece of my mexico rock before...

 

[bigt22005]

Very very very bad its real nice looking but that thing got big enough in my tank and ate a goby that got too close