strawberry anenome's

pseudocorynactis, also known as a Strawberry Anemone.  I have a bunch in my tank.

Not much to do for them, they seem to congregate in the area they split in, at least they do in my tank.  Just goolge the names i gave you, there is some info out there.  I have read that they will take brine shrimp bits, though i do not feed mine.

Strawberry 'nems (Corynactis sp.) is correct.  I've never had them get larger than a dime, and they tend to wax and wane in our systems based on how we feed the tanks (they need to be fed, and we don't feed them too often).

I think they're super pretty, and altho some consider them pests, we've never had more than a few at a time.

We have a couple in our Fu Manchu setup, and they take little scraps from a feeding stick.

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude 

ya i use tongs....but arent they kool lil things saxman? would u call them pests?

Personally, nope...I like them, and since they just seem to pop up and then go away, I've never had more than say 3 or 4 of them in any system at a given time.
 

Depending on where your rock came from could also be Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum

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Originally Posted by spanko 

Depending on where your rock came from could also be Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum

I was waiting for a signature that said:

Henry "don't touch that rock, you don't know where it's been" Spanko!
 

Wise old great grandmother once told me,

Never stick your finger where you wouldn't stick your face.

I just found 5 in my tank in a corner that doesn't get much light.  I got 2 or 3 out by vacuuming them up with a siphon but I cant reach the others.  Does anything eat them?  I want them gone.

John

Why would you want them gone? They are interesting little critters. Enjoy the diversity my friend.

I've never had Mojano, I fought to get rid of Aptasia in my first tank, and these little guys creep me out.  I'm assuming they hitch hiked on a piece of coral since I used nothing but dry rock and a few pieces of live rock that I picked from my LFS 3 years ago when I set this tank up.  I made sure that the rock had no Mojano or Aptasia on it.  I'm so an@l about those that I wont buy rocks from that LFS now because they have Aptasia in their live rock bins.  I dont know, maybe I'm over reacting but I dont like hitch hikers (or anything for that matter) in my tank that I dont know much about.

John

I've got two of these in my tank.  Originally one, but I'm guessing a split occured.  The base of the big one is about the size of a half dollar, and when the tentacles are out, about the size of a silver dollar or so.  The interesting thing I've found with these is 1.) I have never fed them, they were hitch hikers. 2.) They only come out when the lights are off.  I never see them during any daytime hours.  They fully extend at night and I can see them when I put the flashlight on them.  Very neat, but strange indeed.