Crazy looking thing.....

mr_x

mr_x

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what do you all think this is? this was in a guy's tank. i dipped his corals in lugols, and apparently, this creature didn't like the heavy dose of iodine. he's alive though..and in my sump now(i have a hard time killing things). you can kind of tell the size of it by measuring it against that bubble caulerpa stem he's near-

 
spanko

spanko

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Wow looks cool. Tagging along to see what it is. It is just stuck to the glass there? Must be some type of nem??????
 
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tizzo

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There is a pest anemone called a swimming anemone that I have read about on this sight. Lemme see if I can find the link.
 
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tizzo

Guest
There was another thread with more info on it. Although I cannot remember any key words and "swimming" and anemone" just aren't narrowing it down.
I do remember though that it is a type of aiptasia. Or in the same family as...
 
mr_x

mr_x

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2629342
Google and utube...
Boloceroides mcmurrichi
i found some links but couldn't find exactly what they do. do they attack corals, fish, pods? obviously, they are carnivores, but what seems to be their main diet?
 
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tizzo

Guest
Ummm...
If they are like aiptasia then they can sting other corals, but in your fuge I don't think they can harm anything.
Lemme see what I can learn.
EDIT... it's now later...
NOTHING!! I've learned nothing! I read everything I could find to no avail.
 
spanko

spanko

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Here is some............
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Boloceroides
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982RSPSB.216..315L
Boloceroides mcmurrichi
The body is tan, or brown; tentacles relatively robust for a small species, may be banded, the disk may have whitish radial or blotchy markings. They reproduce asexually by producing asexual larvae or by pinching off small chunks of pedal disc tissue which then differentiate in to a small anemone. Both juveniles and adults are mobile, creep rapidly over the substrate or detach and float to a new spot. If disturbed, they will swim by the use of rhythmic contraction and flexion of the tentacles. Manual control by any of several methods (injection with toxic materials, or smothering) is possible if they are removed when the populations are small. As with Aiptasia, the most effective biological control is a Copperband Butterfly fish, Chelmon rostratus. Peppermint shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni, may also be useful in some systems. Both of these predators may also eat other tank life.
by Ronald L. Shimek
 
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tizzo

Guest
Good ol' Dr. Ron...
What HASN'T that guy researched, lol.
I like him.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2629656
i found some links but couldn't find exactly what they do. do they attack corals, fish, pods? obviously, they are carnivores, but what seems to be their main diet?
Exact same problem as many species of Aiptasia sp. They can reproduce rapidy using pedal laceration and sting corals. Population are difficult to control because they are so mobile.
 
renogaw

renogaw

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if you're going to keep that thing in your fuge, just make sure you never run your return without a prefilter. imagine the pump chopping it into a million of em...
 
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