Help with ID

Dward17 · 05/03/2009, 08:08 PM

Please forgive the new person if I posted in the wrong place! This thing grew out of my live rock (looks like a tiny purple kenya tree), it does not have any feathery like things at the end like a feather duster. I can not get my pic small enough so I am posting a link to a photobucket page. I'm sorry the pic is kinda blurry I zoomed in and it is in the back middle of my tank hard to get to place! I need to know if it's harmful! Thanks!
http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/ww41/RoobugAquatics/

barbra · 05/03/2009, 09:05 PM

It's awfully hard to tell from that pic, but it sorta looks like Xenia.

NirvanaFan · 05/03/2009, 09:49 PM

zoas maybe? You're going to have to get a better pic for a better id.

Kdocimo90 · 05/03/2009, 09:54 PM

its probably some type of zoa/paly

davewbush · 05/03/2009, 10:08 PM

I think barbra has it right. The pic looks like it has one stump, so that rules out zoas.

tmz · 05/03/2009, 10:08 PM

Sorry, can't see it well enough to guess.

Dward17 · 05/03/2009, 10:27 PM

Thanks for trying everyone! It has one main "trunk" and several branches off of that. I do apologize about the picture quality, but in order to see it through the camera I have to zoom in which is blurring the pic. Man is this frustrating. It can be seen by the naked eye, but when I take a picture without zooming in you can't see it it blends in. I can't remove the rock which is in the middle back of my tank because it sits under several others including the top rock that holds my anemone.

Kdocimo90 · 05/04/2009, 12:05 AM

type in a few things on google and let us know what it looks similar to.

1. Xenia
2. Anthelia
3. Palys
4. Zoas
etc.

05/03/2009, 08:08 PM	#1
Dward17 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 11	Help with ID Please forgive the new person if I posted in the wrong place! This thing grew out of my live rock (looks like a tiny purple kenya tree), it does not have any feathery like things at the end like a feather duster. I can not get my pic small enough so I am posting a link to a photobucket page. I'm sorry the pic is kinda blurry I zoomed in and it is in the back middle of my tank hard to get to place! I need to know if it's harmful! Thanks! http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/ww41/RoobugAquatics/

05/03/2009, 09:54 PM	#4
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	its probably some type of zoa/paly __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

05/03/2009, 10:08 PM	#6
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	Sorry, can't see it well enough to guess. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.

05/04/2009, 12:05 AM	#8
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	type in a few things on google and let us know what it looks similar to. 1. Xenia 2. Anthelia 3. Palys 4. Zoas etc. __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

05/03/2009, 09:05 PM	#2
barbra Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Va Beach, VA Posts: 1,408	It's awfully hard to tell from that pic, but it sorta looks like Xenia.

05/03/2009, 09:49 PM	#3
NirvanaFan Reef Ninja Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 4,280	zoas maybe? You're going to have to get a better pic for a better id.

05/03/2009, 10:08 PM	#5
davewbush ... Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California Posts: 739	I think barbra has it right. The pic looks like it has one stump, so that rules out zoas.

05/03/2009, 10:27 PM	#7
Dward17 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 11	Thanks for trying everyone! It has one main "trunk" and several branches off of that. I do apologize about the picture quality, but in order to see it through the camera I have to zoom in which is blurring the pic. Man is this frustrating. It can be seen by the naked eye, but when I take a picture without zooming in you can't see it it blends in. I can't remove the rock which is in the middle back of my tank because it sits under several others including the top rock that holds my anemone.