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So I have started finding these red/pink anemone like things with clear tentacles with white balls on the end of them.

Can anyone id them? Should I be concerned?

Thanks in advance.


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Following. I have never seen that before. It almost looks like a rbta in extremely bad health.
 
They are really small .25 inches in diameter at most. In those pictures there are two of them. One larger one that is open and one that is closed above and to the left of it. Sorta looks like cluster of white nodes.


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Well it is some sort of nem but not sure. Jen is the queen of this game. Maybe she will chime in.
 
Can you get a clear and better photo? Do they react to stimulus (touch, light, flow, feeding)? Can you describe all aspects of them (is it a hard body, is there any type of skeletal structure)?

That will help with an id..
 
Sounds like possibly corallimorph (white ball anemone)
If that's the case , like aiptasia they will sting coral and fish .
 
I googled white ball anemone and that is what it looks like. Also it is sometime referred to as a strawberry anemone. I read that they spread fast and sting other life in the tank.

Any suggestions on a reef safe natural predator? Or other eradication methods?


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After done additional research some say they do not sting stuff. Does anyone have first hand experience with this?


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I think i have a winner.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/inverts">http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/inverts</a>

Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum

scroll down to see that everyone thinks.
 
DRJETT;940225 wrote: I think i have a winner.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/inverts">http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/inverts</a>

Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum

scroll down to see that everyone thinks.[/QUOTE]

What I meant to say is scroll down to view a picture of it and let me know what you think.

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Pseudocorynactis
Pseudocorynactis spp. are like Corynactis but are much larger (to about six inches (15 cm) diameter, and usually not colonial. They also reproduce by fission, but it is unusual to find more than about six clones together as a group. <span style="color: DarkOrange">The so-called orange ball anemones that can be observed on coral reefs at night are Pseudocorynactis spp. The column varies in color from cryptic shades of brown to orange, red and magenta. The tips of the tentacles are commonly bright orange, but they can also be white.</span> These tentacle tips are extremely sticky, like flypaper, due to the presence of powerful nematocysts. This fact makes the larger species from the Indo Pacific region unsuitable for aquariums housing fishes, which they readily capture. They also can catch mobile invertebrates such as shrimps and snails, and sometimes "attack" sessile invertebrates growing on adjacent rocks, enveloping them in the gastric cavity through a widely opened mouth. Pseudocorynactis spp. can be fed daily, but only require twice weekly feeding to keep them healthy. If they are not fed frequently enough, they shrink. There is a marked behavioral difference between the common Caribbean and Indo-Pacific species.

<span style="color: DarkOrange">The Caribbean species, Pseudocorynactis caribbaeorum mainly opens its tentacles at night, and closes rapidly when it senses light. The Indo-Pacific species remains open both day and night, and is not sensitive to light. The presence of food smells (dissolved amino acids) in the water stimulates either species to open up and extend the tentacles, and the caribbean species can be trained to open in the light by feeding it during daylight hours. The mechanism for its apparent memory is not known.</span>

Whether you have a large reef aquarium or a simple small aquarium, any of the corallimorphs can be easily maintained and enjoyed for decades.
 
So...Its not a pest or is it. Sounds interesting, I would leave it, kinda cool, but im no expert. Very interesting
 
barry_keith;940251 wrote: Pretty sure corallimorph are mushrooms not ball nems

Your mushroom is technically a nem.. Corallimorph is a rather large family...


I can not tell by your picture but by your description it very well could be. IF you can keep it under control, I would leave it. If it starts spreading or attacking your stuff, get it out. Remember these things are nems so you have the same problem with them as you can have with aptasia or other small nems. I would use boiling water in a turkey baster to get rid of them at first.
 
Xyzpdq0121;940293 wrote: Your mushroom is technically a nem.. Corallimorph is a rather large family...


I can not tell by your picture but by your description it very well could be. IF you can keep it under control, I would leave it. If it starts spreading or attacking your stuff, get it out. Remember these things are nems so you have the same problem with them as you can have with aptasia or other small nems. I would use boiling water in a turkey baster to get rid of them at first.

Boiling water in a turkey baster is new to me. Does that apply to aiptasia as well?
 
Sure does.. Starting using that method about 18 years ago and it has worked since.. :) Keep It Simple Stupid... If I remember correctly Aptasia-X from Red Sea worked well too. Much better that Kalk IMHO. It was fun to inject aptasia and watch them explode with a "pop". (Might work on these corallimoph too) But nuking with a turkey baster was a lot of fun too...
 
Xyzpdq0121;940305 wrote: Sure does.. Starting using that method about 18 years ago and it has worked since.. :) Keep It Simple Stupid... If I remember correctly Aptasia-X from Red Sea worked well too. Much better that Kalk IMHO. It was fun to inject aptasia and watch them explode with a "pop". (Might work on these corallimoph too) But nuking with a turkey baster was a lot of fun too...

I'll have to give that a try next time. I've had some success with lemon juice. Had the same "pop". However, it would seem that you wouldn't have to be as accurate with the boiling water method, so it may be easier for those that are harder to reach.
 
The boiling water gets into the nooks and crannies of the rock which is nice. It also does not affect PH which is good. It will nuke the area though but you were going to do that with Kalk or lemon juice either way.
 
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