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not sure if it is aZOANTHID or a aiptasia pls help lol

post #1 of 31
8/10/11 at 10:49am
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I bougth this piece of LR from my LFS and it had 1 littel zoa on it

I got a 55 gal set up no sump no protine skimmer they are under

a 48"  T5HO fixcher with one 54w  10k and one 420 actinic

lets see how it dose be nice guys and ladys i am 6 mouths new lol

 

 

my 1 zoo.jpg

pic 2 of zoo.jpg

pic 3 of zoo.jpgzoa.jpg

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post #2 of 31
8/10/11 at 12:33pm

I would hate to say this, but that looks like aiptasia.  It's like the weed of this hobby.   It's a stinging anemone that is very difficult to kill, and has been bothersome for us fishkeepers for years and years.  

 

If they don't get erradicated soon, they will multiply and take over your tank.  Get some Joe's Juice and get rid of it before it spreads.

 

I'm so sorry to be the bearer of bad news!  You seemed so excited to have it in your tank!

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post #3 of 31
8/10/11 at 12:50pm
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Thank you so much for your info

I have been looking at this for a week now and looking at a lot of images of both

hopeing it was not a  aiptasia   but a zoatlhid so hping too get some oppions from you guys

how long or how big before we can tell more

heres a pic of some zoalthid i was hoping it was zoos.jpg

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post #4 of 31
8/10/11 at 12:59pm

Here's a pic of aiptasia:

 

Aiptasia.spp..jpg

 

Zoanthids are smaller, have more defined patterns and will cluster closely together.  You will find that the aiptasia in your tank will grow larger and multiply in different areas (usually not close together, like the pic above).  They'll sting your corals and fish.  I'm sorry to disappoint you, scooterblennie!

 

 

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post #5 of 31
8/10/11 at 1:01pm

touch it and if sucks back into the rock than its aptasia....

if it just bunches up into a ball than its a paly....looks more like a paly imo. Ive got a hitchhiking paly as well...ill post a pick later!

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post #6 of 31
8/10/11 at 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by 1guyDude View Post

touch it and if sucks back into the rock than its aptasia....

if it just bunches up into a ball than its a paly....looks more like a paly imo. Ive got a hitchhiking paly as well...ill post a pick later!

 

i touched it and it colsed like a clam or something and it open back up it has some nice color to it though bright green in the actinci light

should i wait and see whel i thanke i am going to go a week or two frist and see

dose a aptasia photo like a  zoatlhid  

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post #7 of 31
8/10/11 at 4:08pm

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paly imo...it should multiply instead of spread if that makes any sense!

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post #8 of 31
8/10/11 at 4:15pm

Looks like some type of palythoa to me as well.

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post #9 of 31
8/11/11 at 6:08am

can u get a closer/better pic? hard to tell if it a pest or not

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post #10 of 31
8/11/11 at 7:48am
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heres a better pic of the thing lol help

thing.jpg

should i let it grow??????????

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post #11 of 31
8/11/11 at 8:51am

hmmm hard to say lol.. If you poke it does it go into the rock? if so then i think it a pest aspista (sp)

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post #12 of 31
8/11/11 at 9:43am
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ya not relly kind of a ball with the tenacals hanging out how long do you thanke it will turn in to two or spred

toach it.jpgthe thing.jpg

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post #13 of 31
8/12/11 at 8:15am
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what is it i am going crazy hope for the i guss

 

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post #14 of 31
8/12/11 at 11:26am

+1 on the aiptasia. If you want to get rid of it, that's fine. Aiptasia can actually be pretty interesting and unique and something for a pacific peppermint shrimp to munch on. Just depends on if you want to keep it or not. Infact, I know a LFS that sells it! lol!

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post #15 of 31
8/12/11 at 11:31am

ya im still sayin paly....maybe a majano but not a aspestia!

Majano is another pest anemone!

aspestia have longer thiner tenticles and tend to be more cone shaped...shrug.gif

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post #16 of 31
8/12/11 at 11:37am

On second thought, it could very well be a mojano anemone. Still a pest, as 1guyDude said. But, I don't think that it's a palythoa at all.

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post #17 of 31
8/12/11 at 8:09pm
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thanks guys alot we are going to see lets keep it awhile

see what it dose keep yall updated on any chage it has for me

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post #18 of 31
8/13/11 at 6:11am

i would get rid of it.. you dont want a outbreak of pests

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post #19 of 31
8/13/11 at 7:03am

how do you pronounce majano?  

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post #20 of 31
8/13/11 at 7:12am
Not an aip. I think it is palythoa as well.

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