Corals that "walk"?

ryansweet · 03/10/2009, 02:40 PM

I am wondering what types of corals will "walk" around on a rock and possibly to different rocks in the aquarium. I don't have a good camera so I can't post a pick because it is to small. Brown in color, about half the size of a pencil eraser. Not looking for an ID just need the names of a couple different "walkers" to see if I can find a good pic online.

Thanks!!

MrsHaggis · 03/10/2009, 03:00 PM

I know that mushrooms will "walk".
Anemones walk....although not a coral....
Other than that I don't think there are any!!!

Reverend Reefer · 03/10/2009, 03:12 PM

walk? haha! its probably not a coral... although some do move. probably some kind of chiton, or maybe a snail of some sort....

Sugar Magnolia · 03/10/2009, 03:20 PM

Aiptasia tend to wander.

Reverend Reefer · 03/10/2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Sugar Magnolia
Aiptasia tend to wander.

aiptasia are kinda glass like and see thru. this thing is brown and half the size of a pencil eraser...

BS · 03/10/2009, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sugar Magnolia
Aiptasia tend to wander.

+1

BS · 03/10/2009, 03:46 PM

Pic Pic Pic.........

Reverend Reefer · 03/10/2009, 03:47 PM

does it look like a flower with tentacles or like a brown fingernail?

havoc519 · 03/10/2009, 03:49 PM

now you need to get a pic. we gotta see the "walking" coral.

ryansweet · 03/10/2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by Reverend Reefer
does it look like a flower with tentacles or like a brown fingernail?

I have seen it open once(this is why I don't think it is aptaisia, plus I've had my aptaisia issues so I know what they look like

). It mostly resembles a stalk then when it opens it has a flat disc with tiny bumps around the edges. Not really long enough to be tentacles but it is very small. I've only seen one so I don't know if there is more hiding.

turretdr · 03/10/2009, 04:29 PM

I would think that it is an anemone of some kind, also.

Reverend Reefer · 03/10/2009, 04:55 PM

woah, well i doubt its a chiton then. it opens up? weird. now i want one! hahaha! just walk that coral on over to my DT. is it transleuscent?

Reverend Reefer · 03/10/2009, 04:57 PM

if its see-thru, could be some kinda glass anemone like a jellyfish of some sort....

BS · 03/10/2009, 05:24 PM

without a picture this is all I can visualize

Denbf58 · 03/10/2009, 05:32 PM

sounds like manjo anem,

Sugar Magnolia · 03/10/2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by Reverend Reefer
if its see-thru, could be some kinda glass anemone like a jellyfish of some sort....

Anemones and jellyfish are two different creatures. Do a google image search for aiptasia, glass anemone and mojano. They range in color from translucent to brown to red. We could all guess until we're blue in the face. Without a pic it's virtually impossible to give you a definitive ID.

Salamander · 03/10/2009, 06:30 PM

Lots of softies can "walk." Some faster than others. Xenia is one that can move pretty fast. Some leave little bits of themselves behind that grow new offspring. Usually they're moving to get more or less light.

What you describe kinda sounds like a palythoa. I have seen them move (but not much), but really slow. Usually I see them more or less just spreading.

So how far did this thing go and how long did it take?

ryansweet · 03/10/2009, 07:11 PM

I know I need a pic but as I said I don't have a good enough camera. I spent all my money on fish, now I'm broke! HA!HA!
But seriously, it's not aptaisia for sure. Majano, maybe, but it's really small and I have only seen it open up once. I have seen it twice now. It "appeared" about week ago next to my lucky mushroom coral, stayed there for a little more than a day, then disappeared for three days, and today I noticed it back, but on the other side of the mushroom. I'm working on at least borrowing a camera to get a pic and I am doing my best at google searches and melev's but so far nothing. I appreciate everyone's help on this. I will definately look up a few different xenia and palythoa, thanks Salamander for not thinking I'm crazy!!

emtguy · 03/10/2009, 08:57 PM

my xenia has moved before. snail mighta bulldozed it but it did move.
give us a pic plez

seapug · 03/10/2009, 09:12 PM

I think I know what you are referring to. I recently had a small invasion of a small pest anemone that looked like a cross between an aptasia and a palythoa. I think they hitch hiked in on a zoanthid rock. I have no idea what they were but it wasn't any sort of typical aptasia or majano. They were very active "walkers"-- I would see one on a bare rock in the morning then see one on the glass when I got home, then it would be gone two hours later. Luckily, they were very easily killed by kalk paste so I got rid of all I could find.

If that's not what it is, it could be a type of walking sponge. I have quite a few of those in my tank-- pale whitish yellow puffballs about the size of a gumball that extend web type arms and slowly move themselves around-- like a week to move an inch, but they definitely can move themselves. I really need to get some time lapse photos of it.

phunkie99 · 03/10/2009, 09:27 PM

wonder if its some kind of Nudibranch those things are the craziest looking animals

seapug · 03/10/2009, 09:29 PM

the ones I had were definitely not nudis, but it's possible that's what the OP is seeing. Really need that pic.....

returnofsid · 03/11/2009, 12:29 AM

Corals of the Polyphillia sp. and Heliofungia sp. can both "walk." They can move around the tank, even up hill or up onto rocks. They can move quite a distance in a short time also. They do this by expanding or inflating their tissue on different parts of their body.

ryansweet · 03/11/2009, 07:13 PM

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!!!! I officially have a flower rock anemone. Now does anyone know if these are pests or is this guy ok to let wander?

03/10/2009, 02:40 PM	#1
ryansweet Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis/Greenwood Posts: 147	Corals that "walk"? I am wondering what types of corals will "walk" around on a rock and possibly to different rocks in the aquarium. I don't have a good camera so I can't post a pick because it is to small. Brown in color, about half the size of a pencil eraser. Not looking for an ID just need the names of a couple different "walkers" to see if I can find a good pic online. Thanks!! __________________ I believe the purpose of life is to be happy - Dalai Lama Current Tank Info: 34gal RSM, stayed with the stock plug and play it came with for now. Pearl Bubble, Green Bird's Nest, Various Zoa's, Various Ricordia, Starry Blenny, Sixline Wrasse, Watchman Goby/Pistol symbiont on order

03/10/2009, 03:00 PM	#2
MrsHaggis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St Louis, France Posts: 675	I know that mushrooms will "walk". Anemones walk....although not a coral.... Other than that I don't think there are any!!! __________________ Nothing scarier than a clown!! ----------------------------- 1 ClownFish 1 SixLine Wrasse 1 Foxface Rabbitfish Mushrooms Long Polyp Leather Green Anchor Coral Zoanthids Trumpet Coral Goniopora Current Tank Info: 360 litre (95 US Gallons), Tunze DOC Skimmer 9010, Lights: Metal Halide 250 Watt and 2x24 Watt Moon Lights, Tunze MultiController 7095

03/10/2009, 03:12 PM	#3
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	walk? haha! its probably not a coral... although some do move. probably some kind of chiton, or maybe a snail of some sort.... __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

03/10/2009, 03:20 PM	#4
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Aiptasia tend to wander. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/10/2009, 03:46 PM	#7
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	Pic Pic Pic......... __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank

03/10/2009, 03:47 PM	#8
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	does it look like a flower with tentacles or like a brown fingernail? __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

03/10/2009, 03:49 PM	#9
havoc519 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Birdsboro,Pa Posts: 52	now you need to get a pic. we gotta see the "walking" coral.

03/10/2009, 04:29 PM	#11
turretdr I want to play a game Join Date: May 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 296	I would think that it is an anemone of some kind, also. __________________ NO REGRETS.Every decision we make is based on current knowledge. NO REGRETS.

03/10/2009, 04:55 PM	#12
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	woah, well i doubt its a chiton then. it opens up? weird. now i want one! hahaha! just walk that coral on over to my DT. is it transleuscent? __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

03/10/2009, 04:57 PM	#13
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	if its see-thru, could be some kinda glass anemone like a jellyfish of some sort.... __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

03/10/2009, 05:24 PM	#14
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	without a picture this is all I can visualize __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank

03/10/2009, 05:32 PM	#15
Denbf58 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: selden N.Y. Posts: 885	sounds like manjo anem, __________________ Life is good Current Tank Info: 75gal reef ready koralia 3, 30g sump, 4b 48" t5s lighting, 29g reef with breeding pair clowns 55g reef 55g freshwater

03/10/2009, 06:30 PM	#17
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Lots of softies can "walk." Some faster than others. Xenia is one that can move pretty fast. Some leave little bits of themselves behind that grow new offspring. Usually they're moving to get more or less light. What you describe kinda sounds like a palythoa. I have seen them move (but not much), but really slow. Usually I see them more or less just spreading. So how far did this thing go and how long did it take? __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

03/10/2009, 07:11 PM	#18
ryansweet Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis/Greenwood Posts: 147	I know I need a pic but as I said I don't have a good enough camera. I spent all my money on fish, now I'm broke! HA!HA! But seriously, it's not aptaisia for sure. Majano, maybe, but it's really small and I have only seen it open up once. I have seen it twice now. It "appeared" about week ago next to my lucky mushroom coral, stayed there for a little more than a day, then disappeared for three days, and today I noticed it back, but on the other side of the mushroom. I'm working on at least borrowing a camera to get a pic and I am doing my best at google searches and melev's but so far nothing. I appreciate everyone's help on this. I will definately look up a few different xenia and palythoa, thanks Salamander for not thinking I'm crazy!! __________________ I believe the purpose of life is to be happy - Dalai Lama Current Tank Info: 34gal RSM, stayed with the stock plug and play it came with for now. Pearl Bubble, Green Bird's Nest, Various Zoa's, Various Ricordia, Starry Blenny, Sixline Wrasse, Watchman Goby/Pistol symbiont on order

03/10/2009, 08:57 PM	#19
emtguy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 53	my xenia has moved before. snail mighta bulldozed it but it did move. give us a pic plez

03/10/2009, 09:12 PM	#20
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	I think I know what you are referring to. I recently had a small invasion of a small pest anemone that looked like a cross between an aptasia and a palythoa. I think they hitch hiked in on a zoanthid rock. I have no idea what they were but it wasn't any sort of typical aptasia or majano. They were very active "walkers"-- I would see one on a bare rock in the morning then see one on the glass when I got home, then it would be gone two hours later. Luckily, they were very easily killed by kalk paste so I got rid of all I could find. If that's not what it is, it could be a type of walking sponge. I have quite a few of those in my tank-- pale whitish yellow puffballs about the size of a gumball that extend web type arms and slowly move themselves around-- like a week to move an inch, but they definitely can move themselves. I really need to get some time lapse photos of it. __________________ 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.

03/10/2009, 09:27 PM	#21
phunkie99 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 537	wonder if its some kind of Nudibranch those things are the craziest looking animals

03/10/2009, 09:29 PM	#22
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	the ones I had were definitely not nudis, but it's possible that's what the OP is seeing. Really need that pic..... __________________ 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.

03/11/2009, 12:29 AM	#23
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	Corals of the Polyphillia sp. and Heliofungia sp. can both "walk." They can move around the tank, even up hill or up onto rocks. They can move quite a distance in a short time also. They do this by expanding or inflating their tissue on different parts of their body.

03/11/2009, 07:13 PM	#24
ryansweet Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis/Greenwood Posts: 147	Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!!!! I officially have a flower rock anemone. Now does anyone know if these are pests or is this guy ok to let wander? __________________ I believe the purpose of life is to be happy - Dalai Lama Current Tank Info: 34gal RSM, stayed with the stock plug and play it came with for now. Pearl Bubble, Green Bird's Nest, Various Zoa's, Various Ricordia, Starry Blenny, Sixline Wrasse, Watchman Goby/Pistol symbiont on order