Micro zoas?

[budsreef]

As I was inspecting my tank with a magifying glass I found this speck of sand. These can't really be zoas can they? I watched as a hermit crab walked over them and they closed up like a zoa so I got them out with a pair of tweezers and glued them to a plug. Any ideas?
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[victor626nj]

they dont look like zoes to me they kind of look like mojanos a pest anemone if you dont know what they are throw them away thats what i would do

 

[victor626nj]

or you can put them in with you mantis shrimp cause they do turn out pretty

 

[stroid]

do you have any ricordia in your tank? It somewhat looks like ricordia clones to me. I have clones all over my tank that resembel that but its hard to tell from the picture.

 

[budsreef]

Stroid;83171 wrote: do you have any ricordia in your tank? It somewhat looks like ricordia clones to me. I have clones all over my tank that resembel that but its hard to tell from the picture.

Yes, I do have ricordia and would love it if that is what they are. They closed up instantly when the crab walked over them and took a while to reopen. I pulled out several pieces of sand before I was able to get the right one.

 

[calireefer]

Looks like a small frag of sps to me not sure what kind though.

 

[budsreef]

Hmmmm..... I have no SPS in my tank and only pc lighting so I wouldn't think it is sps although since I have no idea what it is I personally can't rule out anything. All those polyps were growing on a single grain of sand so they are really tiny.

calireefer;83178 wrote: Looks like a small frag of sps to me not sure what kind though.

 

[stroid]

Try to get a better picture if you can and repost.

 

[budsreef]

I'm not sure it will help but here is a little better picture and another with it closed up.
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[stroid]

Doesnt really help but it sure does look like my ricordia clones except my ricordia clones are more colorful. Can you isolate them and let them grow a bit longer?

 

[budsreef]

Stroid;83247 wrote: Doesnt really help but it sure does look like my ricordia clones except my ricordia clones are more colorful. Can you isolate them and let them grow a bit longer?

They're in my frag tank glued to a plug so I'll let them grow as big as they want. I don't think I could seperate them even with my scalpel. I can't even see them without a magnifying glass.

 

[stroid]

yeah see what they look like in a few days/week and repost. IMO it doesnt look like a majono anemone and it is definitly not aiptasia.

 

[FutureInterest]

It's too small right now to identify, well at least for me it is. In the closed up pic they appear to be retreating like a stony coral versus just closing up like a zoa.

If it is stony then let it be, otherwise I would just kill it. The odds are that its not something pleasant .

 

[haninja]

<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have a similar one. Broke off of my galaxia.</span>

 

[calireefer]

I've got an acropora and a montipora with very similar polyps. It probably came in with your live rock. Post some more pictures when it grows a bit I'm interested to see what it turns out to be.

 

[jaustin]

that's neat man, I can't wait to see the growth, keep the pics coming.

 

[stroid]

any changes?

 

[flyingarmy]

They do look like a small frag of growing galaxia. Should be interesting to see what they do turn out to be. Might turn out to be a rare form of Digimontiacromilli coral!!!

 

[budsreef]

No real changes yet! I'll try to get new pictures later to compare with the ones from last week.