this is growing on my LR, what is it?

1990jpyj

1990jpyj

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ok so i bougth some used LR and this was on it when i put it in my tank. anybody know what it is? sorry for the bad pic. its kinda tan in color im not sure what it is but i would like to know thanks
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fallensynner

fallensynner

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id say some bad anenome that comes on live rock i say that in my tank a couple time but i destroyed it as soon as i say it. i reccomend doing the same
but not 100%
 
1990jpyj

1990jpyj

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y would you say destroy it? is there something wrong with it that will harm my fish or is it just not that appealing to a tank. cuz i think it looks cool. i just have a fowlr and it will probly always stay that way
 
spanko

spanko

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Like to see a better pic head on so we could see the mouth and the way the tentacles radiate from the center.Also what color is the foot?
Could be from that pic a heteractis aurora,beaded anemone. Do some google searching for more pics and information. You may be able to identify it yourself that way. Let us know what you find out.
 
blue eye

blue eye

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I think i have the same thing growing on my LR, i saw it today. Is this a good thing or a bad thing to have in a tank .
 
-tara33-

-tara33-

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it looks like a glass anemone, or a cousin of aiptasia, ive read that there are a couple of different aptasia found
 
-tara33-

-tara33-

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yes i would buy a pepermint shrimp to eat it or inject lemon juice into it with a syring, if you dont get rid of it it will spread all over
 
1990jpyj

1990jpyj

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ok well i know that it has stingers. cuz it just killed one of my clowns. so how would i go about putting the lemon juice on it. can i do it while its in the tank or do i have to unburry it from my LR to pull it out of the tank. cuz that would take a while to do that. thanks this is all good info
 
renogaw

renogaw

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i'd look at something else as the cause of your clowns death. they are designed to live with the stinging abilities of anenomes, unless they are very weak from something else. if clowns can live in carpet anenomes, this little thing shouldn't have been abel to kill a healthy clown.
 
invertical

invertical

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How long has the rock been in water? In all tanks.....if it's been in the water for some time one would believe that it atleast won't spawn like mad. I would just leave it unless it becomes a serious problem (for your fish or if it just starts to spread then get rid of it) There is nothing more fasinating about unknown things than to learn about it...not just kill it as soon as you see it and only assume it's bad. It could end up being very uniqe.
 
1990jpyj

1990jpyj

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it has been on the rock for some time so im not real concerned bout it that much but i know that the clown was sitting in it earlyer today and then when i came back it was dead about 3 in away. so idk if it was that or not but i just figured it could be that. i will leave it until it becomes a problem- hopfully it wont but we will see as time passes i guess. i would like to know though how to put the lemon juice on still just in case.
 
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