Help ID please.

DownwardDawg · 05/22/2011, 12:52 PM

I have a couple of things I need help identifying please. One is a couple of pretty cool looking "heads" of something. Shrooms maybe? They hitchhiked in on a rock with my leather I bought a while back. The other is some ugly sponge looking things.

Sponge looking green thingy's.

Cool looking heads.

GerritM · 05/22/2011, 03:10 PM

The first should be a sponge --> Carteriospongia vermifera
The second should be a anemone. I think it is a "real" Stichodactyla tapetum. Not the minmax.

scottv1025 · 05/22/2011, 03:22 PM

+1 on the sponge .

DownwardDawg · 05/22/2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GerritM

The first should be a sponge --> Carteriospongia vermifera
The second should be a anemone. I think it is a "real" Stichodactyla tapetum. Not the minmax.

Those anemones, good or bad?

DownwardDawg · 05/22/2011, 04:55 PM

Well, I paid attention when I fed the tank and they both closed up immediately like they caught something then opened back up.

cside · 05/22/2011, 05:16 PM

where did you get these rocks?

DownwardDawg · 05/22/2011, 08:37 PM

Got the leather at a lfs in New Orleans. Had the others for a while.

GerritM · 05/23/2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DownwardDawg

Those anemones, good or bad?

Hmm, difficult to say. In some tanks they spread relatively quickly and in others not realy. In my tank not, but they have potenzial to spread to a "pest". Keep them in mind.

sabodish · 05/23/2011, 07:11 AM

those look like mini carpets to me as well..i bought 4 about 5 years ago and easily have 60 in my tank now. i wouldnt call them a "pest" but they do multiply rather quickly. most online sites sell them for anywhere between $25 and $50 a piece. nice score!

GerritM · 05/23/2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sabodish

i wouldnt call them a "pest"

Not realy a pest. That is why i wrote it with "".

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most online sites sell them for anywhere between $25 and $50 a piece. nice score!

You mean the Minmax carpet anemones, but i belive, this is not one of them. That´s probably the realy Stichodactyla tapetum (size max. 2")
MinMax-Anemones probably a Stichodactyla sp. (size round about 6")

DownwardDawg · 05/23/2011, 01:10 PM

Thanks for the replies!

05/22/2011, 12:52 PM	#1
DownwardDawg Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 838	Help ID please. I have a couple of things I need help identifying please. One is a couple of pretty cool looking "heads" of something. Shrooms maybe? They hitchhiked in on a rock with my leather I bought a while back. The other is some ugly sponge looking things. Sponge looking green thingy's. Cool looking heads. __________________ Current Tank: 125 gal mixed reef, 3-250 watt Radiums, T5 actinics, CS2 skimmer, RKL 60 gal "fun tank", 2-Ecotech Radions, Lifereef Overflow, build-in-progress

05/22/2011, 03:10 PM	#2
GerritM Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 570	The first should be a sponge --> Carteriospongia vermifera The second should be a anemone. I think it is a "real" Stichodactyla tapetum. Not the minmax. __________________ regards Gerrit ps: sorry for my english. I hope you understand, what i mean. ;-)

05/22/2011, 04:55 PM	#5
DownwardDawg Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 838	Well, I paid attention when I fed the tank and they both closed up immediately like they caught something then opened back up. __________________ Current Tank: 125 gal mixed reef, 3-250 watt Radiums, T5 actinics, CS2 skimmer, RKL 60 gal "fun tank", 2-Ecotech Radions, Lifereef Overflow, build-in-progress

05/22/2011, 08:37 PM	#7
DownwardDawg Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 838	Got the leather at a lfs in New Orleans. Had the others for a while. __________________ Current Tank: 125 gal mixed reef, 3-250 watt Radiums, T5 actinics, CS2 skimmer, RKL 60 gal "fun tank", 2-Ecotech Radions, Lifereef Overflow, build-in-progress

05/23/2011, 01:10 PM	#11
DownwardDawg Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 838	Thanks for the replies! __________________ Current Tank: 125 gal mixed reef, 3-250 watt Radiums, T5 actinics, CS2 skimmer, RKL 60 gal "fun tank", 2-Ecotech Radions, Lifereef Overflow, build-in-progress

05/22/2011, 03:22 PM	#3
scottv1025 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 82	+1 on the sponge .

05/22/2011, 05:16 PM	#6
cside Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Clearwater, Fl Posts: 384	where did you get these rocks?

05/23/2011, 07:11 AM	#9
sabodish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Holly Springs, NC Posts: 1,703	those look like mini carpets to me as well..i bought 4 about 5 years ago and easily have 60 in my tank now. i wouldnt call them a "pest" but they do multiply rather quickly. most online sites sell them for anywhere between $25 and $50 a piece. nice score!