What are these?

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by Giovanni, Aug 22, 2011.

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  1. Giovanni

    Giovanni Astrea Snail

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    I've asked a few people and I've received a few different answers. I was told baby anenomes, some type of mushroom, and another said a form of aiptasia?.. Can someone help in identifying this creature?[​IMG]
     
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  3. Giovanni

    Giovanni Astrea Snail

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    I have some pink in color like these and some are orangish in color.... but all have the transparent tentacle like things with whgite or pinkish ball tips.
     
  4. saints fan 420

    saints fan 420 Expensive Colorful Sticks

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    its def an anemone..cant tell if it a majano tho..
     
  5. wasitgreen

    wasitgreen Feather Duster

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    Looks like a strawberry nem, there's another, more common name, I think its ball tip or something
     
  6. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Tentacles remind me of Majanos, but the colors are different.
     
  7. scadsobees

    scadsobees Fire Shrimp

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    Ball anemone or Pseudocorynactis

    I'm not sure what the difference is, but they look the same in a google image search.
     
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  9. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    It's definitely a strawberry anemone. They can sting like an anemone (albeit, it's not a true anemone), but they tend to stay put and not move around. You'll see them out more at night and dusk/dawn. It's not a pest anemone like an appy or majano. I love when they hitchhike in my tank.
     
  10. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    +1 to this