Purple Anenome?

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  1. Tmobo

    Tmobo T-Rev

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    Found this little guy in the live rock today and I have no idea what it is. Any insight?
     

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    Maybe a majano?
     
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    Anyone any ideas?
     
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  4. Reef-a-holic

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    Most Majano I've seen tend to be shades of green or brown. Other than coloration being different that would be my guess.

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    Ya I thought that to. I've never seen any other shade than that green/brown coloration.


     
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    Bleached out strawberry anemone?
     
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    Kinda looks like it. This little anenome is the half the size of my pinkie fingernail.


     
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  8. Ducksmasher

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    same thing happened to me, mine turned out to grow into a torch
     
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  9. Reef-a-holic

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    You know, I kind of thought that myself at first...then talked myself out of it, LOL!

    Can you very gently get it to close up and see if it has a skeleton it's growing out of? Maybe even catch a clear macro photo of it while it's closed.

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    That almost makes sense to me. I used to have a torch in there about a month ago.

     
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