what the heck is this?

Finding Emo · 01/03/2008, 09:48 PM

can someone tell me what this is?

i know this is a really bad pic but i needed to zoom way in. it is just to the left of the feather duster...

OnlyCrimson · 01/03/2008, 09:50 PM

Live rock with some sort of worm tube?

Finding Emo · 01/03/2008, 09:51 PM

no just to the left of the duster...the brown tenticly thingy

Finding Emo · 01/03/2008, 09:57 PM

it originally had sand stuck to it and i was curious what it was so i was kindof playing with it and sand started coming off and this is what i found

OnlyCrimson · 01/03/2008, 10:20 PM

crap, my eyes cant see it

marioensf · 01/03/2008, 10:30 PM

Is it like an anemone transparent and round white tips?
if so, I have one too but don't know what it is; it kind of opens at night but no worries on this thing since is isolated on a 20g still running til I find a home for it (the tank)

seapug · 01/03/2008, 10:55 PM

Pseudocorynactis is my guess. Some people consider them pests because they can sting but I have a few in two of my tanks that never seem to multiply. I think they are pretty cool.

marioensf · 01/03/2008, 10:57 PM

Orange ball anemones...?
Have it don't like it, looks kind of neat but have a bad feeling about it, like aiptasia

mollymonticello · 01/04/2008, 09:13 PM

That's what I thought, seapug. I think it's some sort of corallimorph, I was thinking it looked like a tropical relative of the corynactis. Maybe it's just a little tiny Discosoma? I think that most likely...

It will be easier to tell what it is when it gets bigger. Or borrow someone's camera and use the macro setting (looks like a little flower usually).

Finding Emo · 01/04/2008, 10:05 PM

I used the macro setting but in order to make the pic the rite size i had to crop it and i dont have very good software to do that in...and had to do it in paint...i tried downloading some stuff but i couldn't figure them out...so i just stuck with this...

o.c.d. · 01/04/2008, 10:25 PM

My book says Pseudocorynactis ,says sting can be harmful to corals, clams, snails,and crustaceans upon contact,also harmful to fish and the powerful sting that may be toxic to humans.It also says reef safe ha sounds like it????

01/03/2008, 09:48 PM	#1
Finding Emo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rhinelander Posts: 120	what the heck is this? can someone tell me what this is? i know this is a really bad pic but i needed to zoom way in. it is just to the left of the feather duster...

01/03/2008, 09:51 PM	#3
Finding Emo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rhinelander Posts: 120	no just to the left of the duster...the brown tenticly thingy __________________ -Tony _____________________________________ Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions.

01/03/2008, 09:57 PM	#4
Finding Emo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rhinelander Posts: 120	it originally had sand stuck to it and i was curious what it was so i was kindof playing with it and sand started coming off and this is what i found __________________ -Tony _____________________________________ Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions.

01/03/2008, 10:55 PM	#7
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	Pseudocorynactis is my guess. Some people consider them pests because they can sting but I have a few in two of my tanks that never seem to multiply. I think they are pretty cool. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

01/04/2008, 09:13 PM	#9
mollymonticello Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 563	That's what I thought, seapug. I think it's some sort of corallimorph, I was thinking it looked like a tropical relative of the corynactis. Maybe it's just a little tiny Discosoma? I think that most likely... It will be easier to tell what it is when it gets bigger. Or borrow someone's camera and use the macro setting (looks like a little flower usually). __________________ - Felicia - Current Tank Info: 55 + two 20 gallon refugiums coldwater with puffer, seahorses, gobies, crabs, starfish all from the Atlantic. 90 gallon w 20 gal refugium with Tilefish, Swallowtail Angel, Blue Tang, Clingfish, Naked Clown, Fancy white clown, brachio blenny, mollies

01/03/2008, 09:50 PM	#2
OnlyCrimson Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Royal Oak,Michigan Posts: 863	Live rock with some sort of worm tube?

01/03/2008, 10:20 PM	#5
OnlyCrimson Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Royal Oak,Michigan Posts: 863	crap, my eyes cant see it

01/03/2008, 10:30 PM	#6
marioensf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,502	Is it like an anemone transparent and round white tips? if so, I have one too but don't know what it is; it kind of opens at night but no worries on this thing since is isolated on a 20g still running til I find a home for it (the tank)

01/03/2008, 10:57 PM	#8
marioensf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,502	Orange ball anemones...? Have it don't like it, looks kind of neat but have a bad feeling about it, like aiptasia

01/04/2008, 10:05 PM	#10
Finding Emo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rhinelander Posts: 120	I used the macro setting but in order to make the pic the rite size i had to crop it and i dont have very good software to do that in...and had to do it in paint...i tried downloading some stuff but i couldn't figure them out...so i just stuck with this... __________________ -Tony _____________________________________ Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions.

01/04/2008, 10:25 PM	#11
o.c.d. Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 739	My book says Pseudocorynactis ,says sting can be harmful to corals, clams, snails,and crustaceans upon contact,also harmful to fish and the powerful sting that may be toxic to humans.It also says reef safe ha sounds like it????