hey, anemone
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perfectdark
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Typically they are called Orange Ball Anemone's, Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum.
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tizzo
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no, they fall into the mushroom catagory.
spanko
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Sorry Tizz but have to disagree with you on this one. The Pseudocorynactis corallimorph is a pest. Not only that but when large enough they are fish eaters. They can get to 6" and can multiply to plague proportions. Have a read here.
Quote from Julian Sprung
Pseudocorynactis
Pseudocorynactis spp. are like Corynactis but are much larger (to about six inches (15 cm) diameter, and usually not colonial. They also reproduce by fission, but it is unusual to find more than about six clones together as a group. The so-called orange ball anemones that can be observed on coral reefs at night are Pseudocorynactis spp. The column varies in color from cryptic shades of brown to orange, red and magenta. The tips of the tentacles are commonly bright orange, but they can also be white. These tentacle tips are extremely sticky, like flypaper, due to the presence of powerful nematocysts. This fact makes the larger species from the Indo Pacific region unsuitable for aquariums housing fishes, which they readily capture. They also can catch mobile invertebrates such as shrimps and snails, and sometimes "attack" sessile invertebrates growing on adjacent rocks, enveloping them in the gastric cavity through a widely opened mouth. Pseudocorynactis spp. can be fed daily, but only require twice weekly feeding to keep them healthy. If they are not fed frequently enough, they shrink. There is a marked behavioral difference between the common Caribbean and Indo-Pacific species.
The Caribbean species, Pseudocorynactis caribbaeorum mainly opens its tentacles at night, and closes rapidly when it senses light. The Indo-Pacific species remains open both day and night, and is not sensitive to light. The presence of food smells (dissolved amino acids) in the water stimulates either species to open up and extend the tentacles, and the caribbean species can be trained to open in the light by feeding it during daylight hours. The mechanism for its apparent memory is not known.
I found about six of them in my tank the other night while feeding the coral. I am now trying to decide if I will attempt eradication or simply let nature take it's course.
here is a link to my build thread.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/305547/and-in-the-beginning
Quote from Julian Sprung
Pseudocorynactis
Pseudocorynactis spp. are like Corynactis but are much larger (to about six inches (15 cm) diameter, and usually not colonial. They also reproduce by fission, but it is unusual to find more than about six clones together as a group. The so-called orange ball anemones that can be observed on coral reefs at night are Pseudocorynactis spp. The column varies in color from cryptic shades of brown to orange, red and magenta. The tips of the tentacles are commonly bright orange, but they can also be white. These tentacle tips are extremely sticky, like flypaper, due to the presence of powerful nematocysts. This fact makes the larger species from the Indo Pacific region unsuitable for aquariums housing fishes, which they readily capture. They also can catch mobile invertebrates such as shrimps and snails, and sometimes "attack" sessile invertebrates growing on adjacent rocks, enveloping them in the gastric cavity through a widely opened mouth. Pseudocorynactis spp. can be fed daily, but only require twice weekly feeding to keep them healthy. If they are not fed frequently enough, they shrink. There is a marked behavioral difference between the common Caribbean and Indo-Pacific species.
The Caribbean species, Pseudocorynactis caribbaeorum mainly opens its tentacles at night, and closes rapidly when it senses light. The Indo-Pacific species remains open both day and night, and is not sensitive to light. The presence of food smells (dissolved amino acids) in the water stimulates either species to open up and extend the tentacles, and the caribbean species can be trained to open in the light by feeding it during daylight hours. The mechanism for its apparent memory is not known.
I found about six of them in my tank the other night while feeding the coral. I am now trying to decide if I will attempt eradication or simply let nature take it's course.
here is a link to my build thread.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/305547/and-in-the-beginning
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tizzo
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2635624
Sorry Tizz but have to disagree with you on this one. The Pseudocorynactis corallimorph is a pest. ]
Are you disagreeing with my "no" or my stating they are mushroom corals?
If I ever see on get 6 inches, (after I get many pics) I would remove it, but that's incredibly unlikely.
And just in case, a corallimorpharia is of the mushroom coral family
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http:///forum/post/2635624
Sorry Tizz but have to disagree with you on this one. The Pseudocorynactis corallimorph is a pest. ]
Are you disagreeing with my "no" or my stating they are mushroom corals?
If I ever see on get 6 inches, (after I get many pics) I would remove it, but that's incredibly unlikely.
And just in case, a corallimorpharia is of the mushroom coral family
