Anemone / Coral warfare advice and ID

[chelltom]

Good morning everyone take a look at the below Pic first question is this Nem too close to the hammer and what I believe to be Frog spawn ( should I move the frog or is it fine as is. Also would love some exact Id's or guesses on the Nem and the frog/ hammers ? Thanks in advance Merry Christmas !!

 

[twilliard]

I would say might be to close to what I think is a torch coral.

 

[MarsRover]

The bottom one looks like a torch to me too.

It is possible that anemone is a rose bubble tip (Entacmaea quadricolor) that is either hungry or has too low lighting, or both. Bubbles' teticles will bubble up under sufficient light and when full.

 

[chelltom]

actually I have moved him twice to a better light location but he keeps hiding under the rocks away from the light sticking his head out every once in a while .

 

[chelltom]

definitely not a torch as examples I have seen

 

[chelltom]

if you look closely you can see where the Frog ? stretches out a single tentacle to grab food when the tank is being fed.. So should I move them or leave them as is

 

[chelltom]

its almost touching the nem with extended tentacle

 

[MarsRover]

looks a lot like this to me: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+1645&pcatid=1645

some type of: Euphyllia ancora

 

[MarsRover]

see also: http://www.reefland.com/forum/thread26399-3.html
search for Green Branching Hammer Coral

 

[chelltom]

looks correct on both accounts now should I move them ?

see also: http://www.reefland.com/forum/thread26399-3.html
search for Green Branching Hammer Coral

 

[MarsRover]

http://www.reefgardener.net/products.php?product=Apple-Green-Hammerspawn-Coral-

might be seome kind of hybrid like that ^^^


Don't try and move the anem. not worth it. to move the torch/hammer/frogs, are they affixed to the underlying rock? I'm assuming yes otherwise you woudln't be asking..... did you glue them down yourself?

i'd be helpful to get a better picture of where they attach to the rock.

 

[MarsRover]

taking a closer look at your image, if i'm seeing it right, it looks like they aren't going to be easily removable from the rock they are affixed to..... so... options would be either move the entire rock they are attached too (doesn't look too appealing from the image).

honestly, i'd probably find a way to put a piece of acrylic or something between them temporarily until the anemone (hopefully) moves along to another place. Feeding your hammer will also encourage it to detract those feeding-stinging sweeper tentacles.

 

[chelltom]

actually I can move them fairly easy if needed They are frags that I stuck in a hole in the rock about 2 months ago should be able to pull them right out but they are doing so well didn't want to move them unless either they are the nem were endangering each other

 

[MarsRover]

my bad, thought you were asking "HOW" should you move them....

I probably woudln't bother. I would observe and see if one is "hurting" the other. If so then move them. Or just hope that bubble will find a hole to set up shop in elsewhere

 

[mochaclownlover]

Your best option would be to move the corals, the nem would be much harder to move.