ID needed on anemone type thing pic inside

hops523 · 01/01/2009, 06:36 PM

Ive had this thing for awhile now. I posted it awhile ago but couldnt get the best of picture. I still cant figure out what it is. When I first saw it a few months ago it looked exactly like a tiny bubble tip anemone, it had bubble tips and everything. The bubble tips have kind of gone away, but its pinkish red in color, with purple/pink tips, and has a green center. Ive had aiptasia, and majano(sp.) and I know its not either one of those. It hasnt spread, and it moved places once when I first got the rock. This thing has me stumped. Can anyone take a guess on what it is? If you have any questions let me know.

Fish_wiz2 · 01/01/2009, 06:39 PM

either it is an RBTA or majano (they can come in some crazy colors)

hops523 · 01/01/2009, 07:51 PM

Oh alright. Thanks for the quick reply.

redfishsc · 01/01/2009, 08:32 PM

Majano. You don't want him around.

Keep an eye on it. I highly doubt it's a BTA. Possible but not likely.

Hot water w/kalk paste fresh from the microwave, in a plastic syringe, should kill it. I use a plastic syringe tipped with a piece of rigid airline tubing. I just bomb them with a steady stream of boiling water.

Ken_wied · 01/01/2009, 08:41 PM

it kinda looks like an aptasia anem... BAD!

woodiecrafts · 01/01/2009, 09:13 PM

I am going to have to agree with the Majano, ranks right up there with Aptasia. You don't want either one.

Ken_wied · 01/01/2009, 09:15 PM

its funny though, how a regular anem can die in a tank, but these critters come up and flourish... Frustrating really

pixburg-reefer · 01/01/2009, 09:21 PM

I also think it's a majano. Some of those species do have shorter bubble looking tips during development. But if there is only one I say just let it be for a while and see if it develops or grows further.

K

spleify · 01/01/2009, 10:13 PM

Yep majano

jbird69 · 01/02/2009, 12:14 AM

Majanos come in a variety of colors. Some are quite beautiful,

They will eventually be problematic.

hops523 · 01/02/2009, 10:59 AM

Thanks for all the replies. Im just going to get rid of this guy now.

Fish_wiz2 · 01/02/2009, 11:32 AM

Good idea, now that i think of it, i barely see RBTA's as small as that so high chance it is BAD

Frick-n-Frags · 01/02/2009, 12:05 PM

looks like majano.

also, I recommend to get rid of that Valonia algae bubble and any others like it. Valonia is a clean water algae with no enemies. Basically, this means it can't be stopped. kind of like majanos heh, only worse. It will wreck your tank if it gets away from you

nozleman · 01/02/2009, 02:06 PM

That is a Majano, they took over my tank 75g, so bad I had to break it down! GET IT OUT NOW!!!!!!!

01/01/2009, 06:36 PM	#1
hops523 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: colorado Posts: 438	ID needed on anemone type thing pic inside Ive had this thing for awhile now. I posted it awhile ago but couldnt get the best of picture. I still cant figure out what it is. When I first saw it a few months ago it looked exactly like a tiny bubble tip anemone, it had bubble tips and everything. The bubble tips have kind of gone away, but its pinkish red in color, with purple/pink tips, and has a green center. Ive had aiptasia, and majano(sp.) and I know its not either one of those. It hasnt spread, and it moved places once when I first got the rock. This thing has me stumped. Can anyone take a guess on what it is? If you have any questions let me know.

01/01/2009, 06:39 PM	#2
Fish_wiz2 Mangroves are kool. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,246	either it is an RBTA or majano (they can come in some crazy colors) __________________ -The Wiz Current Tank Info: Elos Mini Seahorse Tank, 2500 gallon Koi pond

01/01/2009, 08:32 PM	#4
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Majano. You don't want him around. Keep an eye on it. I highly doubt it's a BTA. Possible but not likely. Hot water w/kalk paste fresh from the microwave, in a plastic syringe, should kill it. I use a plastic syringe tipped with a piece of rigid airline tubing. I just bomb them with a steady stream of boiling water. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

01/01/2009, 08:41 PM	#5
Ken_wied Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 311	it kinda looks like an aptasia anem... BAD! __________________ Ken 90gal RR 1-Yellow Tang, Blue Hippo and Kole 1-Watchman Goby 1-True Perc Clown w/Sebae Anem Host 3-Small Chromis Numerous SPS and Soft Corals Crocea Clam Sea Apple CoCo Worm 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Peps Reef Octo DNW 150 Recirc Skimmer Odyssea Dual 250w MH with 96w CP Actinic 1.025 / 78.8 / pH 8.2 / Rates 0.0 / Rites 0.0 / Ammonia 0.0 dKH 8.0 / Calc 450 / Mg 1350

01/01/2009, 09:13 PM	#6
woodiecrafts Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Jonesboro, AR Posts: 414	I am going to have to agree with the Majano, ranks right up there with Aptasia. You don't want either one. __________________ Always remember, no matter where you go, there you are. "Buckaroo Banzai" Current Tank Info: 2-75 Gal Mixed Reefs / with T-5 Nova Extremes // 1-10 gal nano reef w/ PC's

01/01/2009, 07:51 PM	#3
hops523 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: colorado Posts: 438	Oh alright. Thanks for the quick reply.

01/01/2009, 09:15 PM	#7
Ken_wied Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 311	its funny though, how a regular anem can die in a tank, but these critters come up and flourish... Frustrating really __________________ Ken 90gal RR 1-Yellow Tang, Blue Hippo and Kole 1-Watchman Goby 1-True Perc Clown w/Sebae Anem Host 3-Small Chromis Numerous SPS and Soft Corals Crocea Clam Sea Apple CoCo Worm 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Peps Reef Octo DNW 150 Recirc Skimmer Odyssea Dual 250w MH with 96w CP Actinic 1.025 / 78.8 / pH 8.2 / Rates 0.0 / Rites 0.0 / Ammonia 0.0 dKH 8.0 / Calc 450 / Mg 1350

01/01/2009, 09:21 PM	#8
pixburg-reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 1,675	I also think it's a majano. Some of those species do have shorter bubble looking tips during development. But if there is only one I say just let it be for a while and see if it develops or grows further. K __________________ trying to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are Current Tank Info: 500 gallons in the PSU HUB

01/01/2009, 10:13 PM	#9
spleify Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 9,579	Yep majano __________________ Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH

01/02/2009, 12:14 AM	#10
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	Majanos come in a variety of colors. Some are quite beautiful, They will eventually be problematic. __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

01/02/2009, 10:59 AM	#11
hops523 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: colorado Posts: 438	Thanks for all the replies. Im just going to get rid of this guy now.

01/02/2009, 11:32 AM	#12
Fish_wiz2 Mangroves are kool. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,246	Good idea, now that i think of it, i barely see RBTA's as small as that so high chance it is BAD __________________ -The Wiz Current Tank Info: Elos Mini Seahorse Tank, 2500 gallon Koi pond

01/02/2009, 12:05 PM	#13
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	looks like majano. also, I recommend to get rid of that Valonia algae bubble and any others like it. Valonia is a clean water algae with no enemies. Basically, this means it can't be stopped. kind of like majanos heh, only worse. It will wreck your tank if it gets away from you __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

01/02/2009, 02:06 PM	#14
nozleman Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Camarillo, ca Posts: 208	That is a Majano, they took over my tank 75g, so bad I had to break it down! GET IT OUT NOW!!!!!!!