boucherh
New Member
Hi All!
I am new to the board. My dad has had saltwater aquariums (the majority of which are reefs) for nearly 20 years. I on the other hand just set up my first reef (I have only had fish only tanks in the past). I am somewhat familiar with coral and inverts, but still have a lot to learn. Anyways.. My question is this: I went to a local fish store and noticed a large cluster of really neat anemones in one of the tanks. I had not seen anything like it before. I cannot find a picture online that resembles it so I will try to describe... Small, about the size of a 50 cent piece. Round, with about 1/2 inch tentacles that are cream in color. The tips of the tentacles were shades of green and pink. I thought they were very cool.. When I asked what they were, the owner told me "Ugh, they are a "nuisance anemone". We had one come in on a piece of rock and they started popping up all over the tank". She considered them as big a nuisance as Aiptasias. She told me she thought they were leather anemones. However, when I got home and looked up leather anemones they totally didn't match the description of what the pet store had. Everything I read about the leathers said they were difficult to keep, very delicate, etc. I also could not find any that looked even remotely similar. Has anyone else heard of something like what I described above? I would love to go get some of them (she was going to inject them and kill them!!!) but I don't want to introduce something into my tank that will overtake it. Thanks, Haley
I am new to the board. My dad has had saltwater aquariums (the majority of which are reefs) for nearly 20 years. I on the other hand just set up my first reef (I have only had fish only tanks in the past). I am somewhat familiar with coral and inverts, but still have a lot to learn. Anyways.. My question is this: I went to a local fish store and noticed a large cluster of really neat anemones in one of the tanks. I had not seen anything like it before. I cannot find a picture online that resembles it so I will try to describe... Small, about the size of a 50 cent piece. Round, with about 1/2 inch tentacles that are cream in color. The tips of the tentacles were shades of green and pink. I thought they were very cool.. When I asked what they were, the owner told me "Ugh, they are a "nuisance anemone". We had one come in on a piece of rock and they started popping up all over the tank". She considered them as big a nuisance as Aiptasias. She told me she thought they were leather anemones. However, when I got home and looked up leather anemones they totally didn't match the description of what the pet store had. Everything I read about the leathers said they were difficult to keep, very delicate, etc. I also could not find any that looked even remotely similar. Has anyone else heard of something like what I described above? I would love to go get some of them (she was going to inject them and kill them!!!) but I don't want to introduce something into my tank that will overtake it. Thanks, Haley