Corals or pest on live rock

[darrow0903]

I got this tiny piece of live rock at my LFS. It’s been a month and I’ve only seen them this week! Any ideas? Pictures might be hard to see but essentially they’re round with tentacles. I only seen them at night mostly as they glow under blue light.

thanks!

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

Looks like a ball anemone. can you take a pic with the blue light off and white light on?

 

[MaxTremors]

Can you take a pic with white light? It looks like it could be a ‘ball anemone’ which isn’t an anemone, it’s a psuedocorynactis, it’s a coralimorph like mushroom ‘corals’ (which technically aren’t corals, lol).

 

[darrow0903]

Here let’s see if these are better. ( also yes I have hair algae right now - tank just finished cycling)

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

Still a little blurry (and the vid didn't work), but my money is on a ball anemone.

 

[MaxTremors]

Here let’s see if these are better. ( also yes I have hair algae right now - tank just finished cycling)

I’m 95% sure it’s a psuedocorynactis or ‘ball anemone’. They’re not pests like aiptasia, but they can sting other corals. Personally, I think they’re cool and leave them be, but it’s your tank, so it’s up to you.

 

[darrow0903]

These

 

[darrow0903]

I’m 95% sure it’s a psuedocorynactis or ‘ball anemone’. They’re not pests like aiptasia, but they can sting other corals. Personally, I think they’re cool and leave them be, but it’s your tank, so it’s up to you.

Thanks yeah I’ll see if I can get a better picture tomorrow morning. They’re on a separate rock so I hope they stay put. Nice colours tho aha

 

[darrow0903]

Here are more pictures - hopefully it’s a bit clearer!

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

100% ball anemone.

 

[Rtaylor]

Pretty sure it’s a ball anemone as others have stated. Pics weren’t super clear, so there's a chance it’s a hidden cup coral, if that’s the case it would have a stony skeleton, so you should be able to easily distinguish between the two. Here’s a pic of a hide up coral for reference.

 

[TnFishwater98]

+ 1 Ball, I’ve got both. Cup corals cool ball Anemones nope.

Ball anemones above

Cup coral above

 

[darrow0903]

Perfect thanks both! So since you have them in your tank, I’m going to say that they’re safe. Thanks for all the help!

 

[TnFishwater98]

Perfect thanks both! So since you have them in your tank, I’m going to say that they’re safe. Thanks for all the help!

You didn’t read my statements. I would get rid of the ball anemones. In my experience they can reproduce like crazy and they will kill off some of your CUC