Can someone please identify this anemone?

[trainfever]

Can anyone help me identify this anemone? It is mostly a clear milky white in color witht the tentacles sometimes changing to a light brown. The best I could come up with is a Curly Q because its tentacles have the same broken up pattern where there are clear and and then milky stripes.

 

[madison]

Looks like a hugh aptisa to me...

 

[oceanists]

looks like aiptasia , or a tube anemone that jumped ship

 

[puffer24/7]

i would say a tube anemone

 

[trainfever]

Well to give you a little more history on this anemone. It is a hitchhiker on a piece of liverock that I bought this past summer. I bought the rock because I liked the shape of it and was going to use it as the center piece in my display tank. While curing the rock, I noticed this tiny little anemone on the rock. It was about the size of the head on a pin, it was that small. I've had it about 6 or 8 months and have watched it grow to the size it is now. I too thought it might be an apstaisia because of its shape but it doesnt have the coloring of any apstaisia that I have seen. It also has the bands(you cant see them in the picture) around its tentacles like a Curly Q which I mentioned in the original post. I sure hope its not apstaisia because I dont want to have to get rid of it.

 

[thegrog]

Aptasia = CurlyQ anemone.
That is an aptasia anemone. They do have some variance in coloration and they can get quite large. I've seen them in store tanks 6" tall!!!!

 

[trainfever]

I checked my books and they have the curly q and the apstaisia listed separatelyas two different anemones.

 

[oceanists]

yeah it doesnt look to like a aiptasia i would have to say tube anemone ........ that the closest picture i pull out of my marine invert pocket expert guide-

 

[oceanists]

Originally Posted by TheGrog
Aptasia = CurlyQ anemone.

False info , 2 different species , aiptasia isnt a true anemone , and is actually listed as a glass anemone , a curly q is much different ............
My guess is that it is a tube anemone , seeing that it hasnt spread on him at all
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[trainfever]

I saw one of these at my LFS and have been informed that it is a tube amemone. I was also told that it would be good in my refugium, unfortunately it's in my display tank. Anyone know of a way to get it to release from the rock?

 

[corally]

Thomas has suggested before aiming a powerhead at it and if that dosen't work put some baggies with icy water around it's foot and it should let go.

 

[thomas712]

Give me some time I'm going down the list of aiptiasa now. But if anyone esle wants to look them up while my face falls asleep on my keyboard help yourself.
To me it looks like the common Aiptasia pallida

Family Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924
Genus Aiptasia Gosse, 1858
Aiptasia californica
Aiptasia carnea Andres, 1880
Aiptasia couchii (Cooks, 1851)
Aiptasia diaphana (Rapp, 1829)
Aiptasia insignis Carlgren, 1941
Aiptasia leiodactyla Pax, 1910
Aiptasia pallida (Verrill, 1864)
Aiptasia parva Carlgren, 1938
Aiptasia prima (Stephenson, 1918)
Aiptasia pulchella Carlgren, 1943
Aiptasia saxicola Andres, 1880
Aiptasia tagetes (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1866)
Under a sub tribe we have these:
Family Aiptasiomorphidae
Genus Aiptasiomorpha Stephenson, 1920
Aiptasiomorpha elongata
Aiptasiomorpha luciae (Verrill, 1899)
Aiptasiomorpha minima (Stephenson, 1918)
Aiptasiomorpha mutabilis (Gravenhorst, 1831)
Aiptasiomorpha paxi Stephenson, 1920a

 

[az]

Looks neat but can be a very bad animal!!!!!
It is a apstaisia and it will if you let it in the right condition over take your tank. A hypodermick kneedle with a high calcium mixed into a paste so it will come out of the kneedle and inject it directly into the apstaisia. Cover the apstaisia with a ball of the calcium clear down to the base of the apstaisia. The apstaisia will receed and if it is not completely killed it will seperate and you will need to repeat the procedure on each one.
These critters are very resourceful so stay on top of them. If it is in a high flow area you may need to shut down the pump for that area so the solution can do its job for a couple of hours. A couple of repeats of this may be needed. Cover the top or mouth area first then make sure you inject it completely.

 

[chipmaker]

Aipstasia is what it is...The can be a various number of colors.......I have a few that look similar in color and shape in my un-desireables tank which consists mostly of bristle worms and various forms of aip and other commonly trashed critters.....I have a few very brightly colored aips that are florescent yellow/green and gives even the most florescent corals people try and get a run for their oney in regards to looks under actinics.......