No idea what this is...

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  1. Sandbank.E

    Sandbank.E Plankton

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    I have two of these polyp like things, I don't know what they are, they have not grown that much since I discovered them and they do not seem to be spreading.
    I attached three pictures of the two unknown organisms (they are the ones with the green stripes). Any help would be appreciated.
     

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  3. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Pictures are kind of fuzzy but they look like rock flower anemones to me.
     
  4. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Cup coral or maybe baby plate coral?
     
  5. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    I was going to say that, from the tentacles.
     
  6. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I'm thinking plate coral, three
     
  7. proreefer

    proreefer Feather Star

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    wow i hate to go behind you 4 with a different opinion but i've seen so many in my life, i gotta say its a glass aneome but i hope you guys are right the mouth just don't look likea plate.
     
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  9. Sandbank.E

    Sandbank.E Plankton

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    Thanks for the help, it does look similar to a baby plate coral.
    I used to think it was a glass anemone too but the entire plate has tentacles unlike most I have seen which only have a ring or two of tentacles around the outside (but I could be wrong), it also has been growing pretty slowly and hasn't spread unlike most glass anemones.
     
  10. proreefer

    proreefer Feather Star

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    if its a plate when touched it will contract into a hard plate, if there is a hard plate its a plate coral if it disappears into a crevice its an anemone
     
  11. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Glass anemones are aiptasia, and that's definitely not aiptasia.