Giant Aiptasia?

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  1. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    So I was just looking through some ads on craigslist in my area, and I found this picture.. This guy is selling his salty tank and posted a few pics. Does anyone know what this thing is? It kind of looks like the biggest aiptasia I've ever seen, but I wasn't sure lol. I'm curious, yall got any idea?

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  2. clarky2120

    clarky2120 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    small condylactis?
     
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  3. little reef boy

    little reef boy Plankton

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    massive aptasia

    it looks big enought to eat that strawberry dottyback behind it.
     
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  4. mazaj

    mazaj Feather Duster

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    actually i have seen these in an lfs near me. as i remember he called them giant glass anemone or something like that. they looked like a giant aptaisia but some had like fuzzy tentacles.
     
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  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Glass anemones are aiptasia.
     
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  6. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    Lol yeah it looks exactly like a huge aiptasia to me. I've never even heard of one that huge.. I feel like I should tell this guy haha.
     
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  7. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    When you post a picture of a giant aiptasia on CL, you already know that whoever contacts you is going to be a newb sucker.
     
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  8. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Yeah, it's a giant aiptasia/glass anemone. If you get small enough clowns, it could host them LOL.
     
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  9. alpha_03

    alpha_03 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    no...that is a curly q anemone, or corkscrew anemone- they generally come from Hawaiian waters and are very cool= can be hard to care for. Need lot's of light- they come in as HH's very often. Heh- funny.
     
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  10. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Looks like my giant aiptasia!!
     
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