2 ID's please
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On my rock, there are these tubular things. The tubes are similiar in appearance to the tubes of a tubeworm/featherduster, but much larger - they're about .5 centimeter in diameter. They seem segmented and are white at the base and as they reach the tip are green. All around the tip there is little "hairs" growing out of it. I can't tell if these are animal or vegetable. They haven't moved, one clump has 3-4 and another has 2 right now. They just moved in out of the blue.
The other is some kind of anemone. It's not aptasia. It's completely and perfectly transparent except at the tips of its tentacles and where the tentacles meet the body. The tips are white and where they meet the body, I can barely make out white where there is just more membrane than the rest of the animal. When he curls up he's white - barely. He's about 3/4 of an inch across and has grown considerably in the past month or so he's been in my refugium. He rarely closes up. He's open whether the light's on or off. He came with the rock pool sludge I bought from PA.
Thanks
The other is some kind of anemone. It's not aptasia. It's completely and perfectly transparent except at the tips of its tentacles and where the tentacles meet the body. The tips are white and where they meet the body, I can barely make out white where there is just more membrane than the rest of the animal. When he curls up he's white - barely. He's about 3/4 of an inch across and has grown considerably in the past month or so he's been in my refugium. He rarely closes up. He's open whether the light's on or off. He came with the rock pool sludge I bought from PA.
Thanks
Tangirl,
Do those anemones look like this one? http://24.13.168.116:7000/PICS/01.02.01/what1.jpg or http://24.13.168.116:7000/PICS/01.02.01/what2.jpg
I know the pics are not too close, but if they are like these, good luck. These flourished in my tank for a while, then after I got a lemonpeel they don't seem to be coming out. If you can get a needle and kill them with kalk you are ahead of me. I could not get ahold of a needle.
Do those anemones look like this one? http://24.13.168.116:7000/PICS/01.02.01/what1.jpg or http://24.13.168.116:7000/PICS/01.02.01/what2.jpg
I know the pics are not too close, but if they are like these, good luck. These flourished in my tank for a while, then after I got a lemonpeel they don't seem to be coming out. If you can get a needle and kill them with kalk you are ahead of me. I could not get ahold of a needle.
I believe Rover is right. I too,cannot recall the name of the algae.
The second sounds like Psuedocorynactis sp. It is a type of corallimorph. They are found throughout the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Most only come out at night. But certain species will extend throughout the day and night. A hardy hitchhiker that is relatively harmless(if you consider mushroom anemones harmless).
GL
Dan
The second sounds like Psuedocorynactis sp. It is a type of corallimorph. They are found throughout the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Most only come out at night. But certain species will extend throughout the day and night. A hardy hitchhiker that is relatively harmless(if you consider mushroom anemones harmless).
GL
Dan
It *sounds* like Rover is right, but I don't know. They don't move, that's why I think it's algae, but with a skeleton? Weird. Well, then again, what's not weird in the tank?
I don't have a digital camera, so I can't post pics. Although, even if I did, I don't know if I would because the algae situation is a bit embarassing right now. At least it looks like it's dying off now. But the cyano (I think) is coming back.
I don't have a digital camera, so I can't post pics. Although, even if I did, I don't know if I would because the algae situation is a bit embarassing right now. At least it looks like it's dying off now. But the cyano (I think) is coming back.
Yes it does sound like a relative of the orange ball anemone(Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum). The clear ones with white tips are of the same species but may hail from the Pacific. It is pictured and described in the Reef Aquarium Vol 2 as stated above. If relocated to a shaded area it may remain open during daylight hours.
GL
Dan
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Dan
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