Anenomes? Killing zoas

Megansmith1027 · Oct 31, 2023

These neon green looking polyps/anenomes are growing out of the rock my zoas are on. Nearly all of the zoas that were once near these are now gone. Any ideas what that are? The heads are about the same size as the zoas. Pics included with and without flash.

MnFish1 · Oct 31, 2023

it looks like aiptasia (in a way) - if you hadn't supplied the fluorescent picture - I would have said aiptasia.

Megansmith1027 · Oct 31, 2023

MnFish1 said:
it looks like aiptasia (in a way) - if you hadn't supplied the fluorescent picture - I would have said aiptasia.

It has a similar mouth to aptasia but is much smaller and florescent. It also seems to have a stony polyp that it grows out of and can retract into.

MnFish1 · Oct 31, 2023

Megansmith1027 said:
It has a similar mouth to aptasia but is much smaller and florescent. It also seems to have a stony polyp that it grows out of and can retract into.

its hard to tell from the picture Aiptasia can fluoresce - and starts out small. It should not grow out of a stony base though