ID this Please

brad2157 · 05/31/2009, 11:39 PM

This has appeared in some new live rock I purchased yesterday from LFS. Thank you.

Please see in center of picture... it's blue and green in color.

dots · 06/01/2009, 12:31 AM

Looks like a little Rock Anenome to me here.

romsoccer12 · 06/01/2009, 04:58 AM

majano. kill it

DotAlbo · 06/01/2009, 05:14 AM

why, is it bad?

billdogg · 06/01/2009, 05:51 AM

it does look like a mojano - if it is, it is a pest anemone that can spread way too fast. the solution i have used with 100% success is a syringe with boiling water. you can target just it that way, without having to worry about any collateral damage.

Ohiomom · 06/01/2009, 07:40 AM

Anyone else..doesn't look like a majano at all to me..

Jan-Va · 06/01/2009, 07:48 AM

Do an image search on google for "Majano anemone" compare it yourself. Has it opened completly yet? It would be best to have a picture of it when it's opened. It does look like a rock anemone but you'd be the best one to decide after it's opened and when you've seen pictures of majano that you can compare it to.

brad2157 · 06/01/2009, 03:19 PM

Went back to my LFS today, where I purchased the LR from to pickup a few things and took a good luck at the rest of their LR in their holding tank. I found more of this growing on some of their other pieces and asked someone working there what it was. He told me it was indeed, apstasia. I had picked up some treatment off the shelf and talked to another guy working and he recommended just putting 4 peppermint shrimp in there to clean it up. I was told the shrimp would not bother my green bubble-tip anemone, that the shrimp would only clean the rocks and eat the apstasia. I figured that would be a better route to go, since there are probably more colonies of it that I can not see that well and they will keep eating it until it is all gone. I just added them today, so I will see how well they clean it up. Thanks for the help guys.

05/31/2009, 11:39 PM	#1
brad2157 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pleasant View, TN Posts: 112	ID this Please This has appeared in some new live rock I purchased yesterday from LFS. Thank you. Please see in center of picture... it's blue and green in color.

06/01/2009, 12:31 AM	#2
dots Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,258	Looks like a little Rock Anenome to me here. __________________ ~Doug

06/01/2009, 04:58 AM	#3
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	majano. kill it __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

06/01/2009, 05:51 AM	#5
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	it does look like a mojano - if it is, it is a pest anemone that can spread way too fast. the solution i have used with 100% success is a syringe with boiling water. you can target just it that way, without having to worry about any collateral damage. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

06/01/2009, 07:40 AM	#6
Ohiomom Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,586	Anyone else..doesn't look like a majano at all to me.. __________________ .....Sandra “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” Current Tank Info: 75 galllon reef, T5HO love em!

06/01/2009, 05:14 AM	#4
DotAlbo Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 135	why, is it bad?

06/01/2009, 07:48 AM	#7
Jan-Va Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NoVa Posts: 3	Do an image search on google for "Majano anemone" compare it yourself. Has it opened completly yet? It would be best to have a picture of it when it's opened. It does look like a rock anemone but you'd be the best one to decide after it's opened and when you've seen pictures of majano that you can compare it to.

06/01/2009, 03:19 PM	#8
brad2157 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pleasant View, TN Posts: 112	Went back to my LFS today, where I purchased the LR from to pickup a few things and took a good luck at the rest of their LR in their holding tank. I found more of this growing on some of their other pieces and asked someone working there what it was. He told me it was indeed, apstasia. I had picked up some treatment off the shelf and talked to another guy working and he recommended just putting 4 peppermint shrimp in there to clean it up. I was told the shrimp would not bother my green bubble-tip anemone, that the shrimp would only clean the rocks and eat the apstasia. I figured that would be a better route to go, since there are probably more colonies of it that I can not see that well and they will keep eating it until it is all gone. I just added them today, so I will see how well they clean it up. Thanks for the help guys.