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[vince-1961]

any clue what this is?
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[vince-1961]

Here it is - wide open in the dark.
It closed up as soon as I turned the lights on.
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[mr.clownfish]

wow thats cool.
well its an anemone.
i saw a documentary about hermit crabs that use anemones as protection for themselves, they get these specific anemones and place them on there shells. IDK what they are called

 

[mr.clownfish]

actually i really dont know.
sorry

 

[vince-1961]

anyone?
All guesses are welcome.

 

[vince-1961]

try these better pics..... looking more and more like an anenome to me. About 1" diameter. does not come out when lights are on.
any ideas????? anyone?
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[johnh]

We have these in the Atlantic along Daytona Beach. They are in the Halifax River that empties into Ponce Inlet, then to the Atlantic. I have had them in many tanks that I keep as "local" tanks. They will eat by filter feeding like most anemones in the wild. Since they only come out at night, as long as it is not large enough for a disabled small fish to enter it, the fish should be fine....if it's the same things I have here.

 

[meowzer]

WELLL...It is either a majano (pest) anemone or a rock anemone
I have been looking at pics and can not be 100% sure.....I'd like to know though

 

[vince-1961]

What's the danger of a pest anenome?

 

[vince-1961]

any ideas what this is?
These photos are better.
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[spanko]

This looks like a rock flower anemone to me.

 

[mr.clownfish]

yeah i would guess its some kind of rock anemone.

 

[jelly-shrimp]

What's the white "gooey" lookin rock thing with the orange spots tht can see in the erlier pics?

 

[vince-1961]

a sponge