Unknown Growth - Help please

[dborne3]

I have this coral(?) that is growing and it looks alot like aptasia but it doesnt retract all the way in the rock when disturbed, it still has a stalk. It looks alot like a yellow polyps but just brown and Really Small. It has long tentacles (the "eyelashes" of the polyp) that sway back in forth in the flow.
I have no idea what it is and am worried a bit that it might be some sort of unwanted anemone.
Its too small to get any sort of clear pic.

 

[earlybird]

watch to see if it spreads. If you are planning on having shrimp and have compatible fish try to pick up a true peppermint shrimp and he'll take care of it if it is aptasia. They are pretty cheap $2 around here.

 

[dborne3]

i already have a pepperming shrimp in the tank and hes not bothering with this new growth.
i had gotten him a while back to take care of some aptasia so i know he would have gotten it by now.
The thing is that its spreading really quick and it has a stalk or stem.

 

[dborne3]

Doesn't aiptasia retratact its whole body into the rock when its disturbed? Or can it leave its stem out and just retract its head?

 

[earlybird]

Mojano (sp?) maybe?

 

[dborne3]

im pretty sure its not majano - i have no idea what it is

 

[earlybird]

If you feed a lot your peppermint shrimp might not be grazing. I had to cut back my feeding to force the shrimp to graze until he found my aptasia and I don't have any more.

 

[dborne3]

Well i didnt find out what it was but im guessing that it was some sort of aiptasia variation. I soaked them in some boiling freshwater so they're all gone now.