ID Help Please

[theplantman]

Has anyone ever seen a Paly like the one below? The green and white striped one with the tentacles that is directly above the red mushroom. Or is it something else? There are a couple on this piece of mixed zoas and paly's.

 

[smoothie]

Baby plate coral?

 

[fish scales2]

It appears to be a great looking Mojano.

 

[theplantman]

It does not move around and when I fed the tank the other day it grabbed a brine and closed up just like a paly does. Although at night they don't fold up like a paly, they kind of shrink like a mushroom but their stems stay fat like a paly's.

 

[mvm]

Definately not a zoa or paly, but not sure what it is. From the pic it almost looks like some sort of nem???

 

[theplantman]

So that would be a type of dwarf anemone if memory serves me right? Invasive like aptasia?

Fish Scales2;337746 wrote: It appears to be a great looking Mojano.

 

[mvm]

Yeah, I would say kill it...

 

[fish scales2]

Very good possibility.

Smoothie;337743 wrote: Baby plate coral?

 

[theplantman]

Why kill it if it is not harming anything, does not move, does not bother the zoas or paly's next to it?

 

[theplantman]

Here is a view from a slightly different angle.

 

[mvm]

Well, if it is a manajo, it'll take over your tank before you know it. IMO, I would be cautious. If I don't know what it is, and could possibly be a nuisance, it's toast.
If it is a plate, you should be able to move it.

 

[fish scales2]

Kill it with fire

They multiply like crazy, use a little Kalk paste

 

[fish scales2]

In fact the second pic shoes a second one already popped up! 9 oclock

 

[mvm]

Definately not a plate coral, but the manajos I've seen have bubble tips. I honestly have no idea, but it is some type of nem.

 

[theplantman]

Well, I just looked at images of Majano's and that's not it. The tentacle arrangement is wrong. Majanos tentacles radiate out from the edge symmetrically. They are not scattered in a pattern like this critter's throughout the whole face.

 

[theplantman]

The second one has always been there. Had the piece for two weeks now and they have not moved or reproduced.

Fish Scales2;337766 wrote: In fact the second pic shoes a second one already popped up! 9 oclock

 

[smoothie]

Wow this is bugging me and it's not even in my tank

 

[theplantman]

Sorry Chris, not killin this one, we like it better than we do the zoas and paly's on the piece. If it wants the rock, it can have it as long as it stays on the rock. And there are ways to make that happen.

Fish Scales2;337765 wrote: Kill it with fire

They multiply like crazy, use a little Kalk paste

 

[mvm]

If it were me, as I said before, I'd kalk it. It seems too suspect, and the fact that another one is that far away makes me think it could spread pretty fast.

 

[mvm]

And, FYI, it is a nem of some sort, not a paly.