ID this stinger

[bronco300]

anyone know what exactly this is...it's stinging my zoos

 

[wax32]

Maybe I am missing something, but I only see zoos!

 

[promisetbg]

Palythoa is what it looks like to me, if you are talking about the buttons with the green skirts. They posess a lot more palytoxin than zoanthids do.

 

[bronco300]

the long tenticled one, thats classified as a zoo?

 

[zman1]

Majano (SP)?

 

[wax32]

Yeah, that's probably Palythoa of some sort. The latest ones I bought are stinging the Favites they are sharing a rock with....

 

[bronco300]

do palys have sticky sides, you can see there is some sand stuch to the tubes of them

 

[wax32]

Mine don't but maybe yours are tying to spread?

 

[whitey_028]

Majano is what they are i have some in my tank and they spread like aptasia. I thought they looked pretty at one point in time but now I’m beginning to dislike them as they are a nuisance coral…Majano Anemones are somewhat less of a nuisance than Aiptasia, partially because they are somewhat attractive, but primarily because they are not nearly as prolific. Unfortunately, like Aiptasia, they have a potent sting and can become a danger to the other sessile invertebrates in the aquarium.

 

[vicegrip]

Palythoas, I have some I keep up high and feed. They are as big around as quarters , 2 inch tentacle(or what ever they are called) turned bright, bright green. they spread like mad and are mean I keep them in there own little corner. Mine also turn deep brown when kept in less light. when I frag them I cut the heads off, the heads grow stems and the stems grow head. Weeds.

 

[vicegrip]

Pic of a Majano:

Pics of my Palythoas:

 

[bronco300]

so these things move~and on glass nontheless! :scared:

 

[teen]

ive never seen palys just stick to glass like that. im thinking some type of pest.

 

[vicegrip]

Can't be good, I wouldn't risk it. Hot water and a syringe.