Identify me please???

bmkj02

bmkj02

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First picture is an anemone that showed up. Its in my friends tank. When he flipped over the rock this was underneath it. My opinion is its a Rock Anemone. Can someone please confirm if it is or isnt and what it is.
Next picture is in my girlfriends tank. This anemone type has been in her tank for several years and she was about 7-8 of them. They have like a skeleton center with tenticles. Real cool looking but cannot be detached from the rocks as they are part of it now. Please ID this one.
Thanks
 
spanko

spanko

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First looks like a curly cue Bartholomea annulata
Second like a glass (Aiptasia) Aiptasia pulchella
 
bmkj02

bmkj02

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3286544
First looks like a curly cue Bartholomea annulata
Second like a glass (Aiptasia) Aiptasia pulchella
Glass with a hard skeleton center?? Im use to Aiptasia being those annoying red ones that multipy just by looking at them. Not arguing , just wast expecting them in the same family
 
florida joe

florida joe

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from the web
The Curly-Cue Anemone, also known as Corkscrew Anemone, Curly Q Anemone, Curlique Anemone, and the Trumpet or Rock Anemone, is a member of the Aiptasiidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean, most commonly from Plymouth to the Gulf of Guinea. The body is opaque amber with yellowish-white spots. The tentacles turn brown to brown/violet as they extend away from the body, are translucent and have spots.
The Curly-Cue Anemone is normally found singly, but, in quiet, shallow water, it may reproduce by cross division and form colonies in the summer. Be sure to supply rock crevices and stone overhangs, as the Curly-Cue Anemone will do best living hidden in these areas.
The Curly-Cue Anemone is a carnivore, and will consume fish, mussels, and crustacean meat. Offer a high quality frozen carnivore preparation, as well as fresh, chopped fish. Iodine and trace elements should also be added to the aquarium for the Curly-Cue Anemone to thrive.
 
spanko

spanko

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Aiptasia come in varying degrees of white - brown. If the critter in the second picture has a hard center skeleton, look up Hidden cup coral. Phyllangia americana
 
bmkj02

bmkj02

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3286544
First looks like a curly cue Bartholomea annulata
Second like a glass (Aiptasia) Aiptasia pulchella
Glass with a hard skeleton center?? Im use to Aiptasia being those annoying red ones that multipy just by looking at them. Not arguing , just wast expecting them in the same family
Sorry double post
 
bmkj02

bmkj02

Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3286554
Aiptasia come in varying degrees of white - brown. If the critter in the second picture has a hard center skeleton, look up Hidden cup coral. Phyllangia americana
Phyllangia americana is exactly what it is. Are they good or bad. They are really cool looking.
 
spanko

spanko

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Good stuff. Feed it some meaty food. Usually found in recess in the rock in darker areas. I have a number of them that are hard to see because the are in darker areas.
 
lettee

lettee

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Can anyone please tell me if this is a Curly Q Anemone? My "SMALL" tank started out with a baby one. Now I have 3 "sets" in my tank. (2 sides of 1 rock and 1 set on another rock. They have grown between 2 - 4 per area and are getting HUGE.) Will/can they harm my Pigmy Angel or any other coral? I have been feeding them Brine shrimp and crab pellets. (LOL the crab pellets were on accident. Dropped one on accident by it and it snatched it up and devoured it!) I absolutely love the way they look. (Transparent and flowing and just an incredible vision.) But someone keeps telling me it is going to outgrow my fish someday (soon) and eat it. :( Any suggestions/advice is GREATLY appreciated. (I have attached a pic of the so called Curly Q. Up close it looks like ropes of transparent curls with white lights throughout the arms and at each tip.)
Also, I don't have a pic of this thing, but can anyone tell me what this may be? It is a worm, cotton candy pink and fuzzy. It is living in my live rock with my star fish. It will come out when I feed brine shrimp every night. Someone said it is a bristle worm. If so, is it harmful to the Curly Q, Pigmy Angel, Dragonette Goby or the Button Polyps?
One more thing to ask: I have possible Button Polyps. BUT they are growing HUGE. (Started out with 3 on the bottom side of one of my rocks but they moved up to the top closer to light and have FLOURISHED.) As you can see, they are about as big as my Pigmy Angel. Someone stated that they will grow big enough to capture and eat my fish. Is that true?


Thanks
Lettee
 
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