Help ID ( probably a dumb question)

SandyB · 11/29/2013, 07:42 PM

I know I have aiptasia, I working on getting rid of them. My question is this, is this aiptasia also? It looks different from the others.

BlindZide · 11/29/2013, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SandyB

I know I have aiptasia, I working on getting rid of them. My question is this, is this aiptasia also? It looks different from the others.

Unfortunately, yes. I have a few that look like that as well. Or I could be wrong and its something awesome I didn't know existed which is 100% possible!

SandyB · 11/29/2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BlindZide

Unfortunately, yes. I have a few that look like that as well. Or I could be wrong and its something awesome I didn't know existed which is 100% possible!

Lol thanks for clearing that up lol

I'm afraid it is, but it looks cool.

BlindZide · 11/29/2013, 08:06 PM

I know, some of them look really cool. I had one that was like tiger stripped.

DeepBlueZoas · 11/29/2013, 08:27 PM

That is not an aiptasia don't kill it its a coral an a cool one, I used to have one and would fed it shrimp

BlindZide · 11/29/2013, 08:31 PM

Can you ID the coral it is then? Because I killed one just like it a while back and if its a coral then I'm trashing money.

DeepBlueZoas · 11/29/2013, 08:35 PM

Its a type of cup coral I'm not sure which species they all look pretty similar.

DeepBlueZoas · 11/29/2013, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SandyB

I know I have aiptasia, I working on getting rid of them. My question is this, is this aiptasia also? It looks different from the others.

If you touch it does it retreat into a hard skeleton its a cup coral

BlindZide · 11/29/2013, 08:41 PM

Well you see I didn't know they existed so again, like I said 100% possible I was wrong! Thanks deepblue! I now know that its rare to be able to buy them and they are commonly a hitch hiker which means I have killed quite a few of these.

DeepBlueZoas · 11/29/2013, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BlindZide

Well you see I didn't know they existed so again, like I said 100% possible I was wrong! Thanks deepblue! I now know that its rare to be able to buy them and they are commonly a hitch hiker which means I have killed quite a few of these.

Yea no problem, that's why I love this hobby so much you always see or learn something new no matter how long you've been in the hobby.

Beandawg · 11/30/2013, 12:52 AM

Phyllangia americana

Sugar Magnolia · 11/30/2013, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Beandawg

Phyllangia americana

Yep, you can see the hard skeleton in the second pic.

johnike · 11/30/2013, 07:54 AM

Nice one, DeepBlue and Beandawg.
Thanks.
I agree with Adrienne as well.

SandyB · 11/30/2013, 08:20 AM

This makes me happy!! I think it looks so cool and I get to keep it

Thank very much for the help, I appreciate it so much.

SandyB · 11/30/2013, 08:37 AM

So I googled Phyllangia americana it took me to a thread right here at RC from 2008 by a user that has 'moved on" lol but what I read there says they are usually hitch hikers on aquacultured rock. My rock is aquacultured from Florida. I'm pretty sure I have two of them, I just can't see one very well, just it's tentacles. I haven't done anything special for them, is there something I should start doing?

DeepBlueZoas · 11/30/2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SandyB

I haven't done anything special for them, is there something I should start doing?

I would start feeding it shrimp once a week it should grab them right up.

11/29/2013, 08:06 PM	#4
BlindZide Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,273	I know, some of them look really cool. I had one that was like tiger stripped. __________________ ~Trent Biocube 14 Mixed Reef 75G LPS Reef

11/29/2013, 08:31 PM	#6
BlindZide Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,273	Can you ID the coral it is then? Because I killed one just like it a while back and if its a coral then I'm trashing money. __________________ ~Trent Biocube 14 Mixed Reef 75G LPS Reef

11/29/2013, 08:41 PM	#9
BlindZide Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,273	Well you see I didn't know they existed so again, like I said 100% possible I was wrong! Thanks deepblue! I now know that its rare to be able to buy them and they are commonly a hitch hiker which means I have killed quite a few of these. __________________ ~Trent Biocube 14 Mixed Reef 75G LPS Reef

11/30/2013, 08:20 AM	#14
SandyB Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Corsicana, Tx Posts: 149	This makes me happy!! I think it looks so cool and I get to keep it Thank very much for the help, I appreciate it so much. __________________ My tank is making someone else happy now

11/30/2013, 08:37 AM	#15
SandyB Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Corsicana, Tx Posts: 149	So I googled Phyllangia americana it took me to a thread right here at RC from 2008 by a user that has 'moved on" lol but what I read there says they are usually hitch hikers on aquacultured rock. My rock is aquacultured from Florida. I'm pretty sure I have two of them, I just can't see one very well, just it's tentacles. I haven't done anything special for them, is there something I should start doing? __________________ My tank is making someone else happy now

11/29/2013, 08:27 PM	#5
DeepBlueZoas Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Boynton Beach, Fl Posts: 116	That is not an aiptasia don't kill it its a coral an a cool one, I used to have one and would fed it shrimp

11/29/2013, 08:35 PM	#7
DeepBlueZoas Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Boynton Beach, Fl Posts: 116	Its a type of cup coral I'm not sure which species they all look pretty similar.

11/30/2013, 12:52 AM	#11
Beandawg I see whatchu did there. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central CT Posts: 666	Phyllangia americana

11/30/2013, 07:54 AM	#13
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Nice one, DeepBlue and Beandawg. Thanks. I agree with Adrienne as well.