First BTA came with.... babies?

[ReefJake123]

They have the white dotting in them like a toxic bta but it’s ur choice I would’ve kept them to see what they do

 

[ReefJake123]

I watched the video those aren’t aiptasia those are good polyps possibly zoas clean your glass it interfered with my vision on the video but these are polyps

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I watched the video those aren’t aiptasia those are good polyps possibly zoas clean your glass it interfered with my vision on the video but these are polyps

We'll see if I missed any.

 

[DAPG8GT]

Take that back .vid look like aptasia

 

[EHerbert]

They look like either Palys or Zoas.

 

[McPuff]

I'd remove the rock and get the anemone off it. Use a turkey baster and blow at it's base. Should pop off fairly quickly. Then nuke the rock.

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I'd remove the rock and get the anemone off it. Use a turkey baster and blow at it's base. Should pop off fairly quickly. Then nuke the rock.

I've taken a syringe and lemon juice to all the polyps I could see. I'll try to get the nem to detach as well.

 

[AcroNem]

So... those are baby rock flower anemones, Phymanthus crucifer, you probably shouldn't try to kill them

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

So... those are baby rock flower anemones, Phymanthus crucifer, you probably shouldn't try to kill them

Already tried to kill them. I'll check up on them later on today.

 

[AcroNem]

Examples

 

[AcroNem]

Already tried to kill them. I'll check up on them later on today.

I hope they make it, a bunch of hitchhiking Rock Anemones is a good score.

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I hope they make it, a bunch of hitchhiking Rock Anemones is a good score.

I have a few rock nems in the tank already, so I'm sure some will eventually pop up.

 

[VSVP bet]

Another possibility which is hard to tell from the picture. They could be new heads from the skeleton the BTA is on. Looks like an old Acan colony.

Thats what I was thinking. Hard to tell from the pic, but Id guess its acan heads. But still not sure.

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

Thats what I was thinking. Hard to tell from the pic, but Id guess its acan heads. But still not sure.

The skeleton looks more like an old favia colony up close. The polyps do not look like a coral, they looked, and moved like some type of nem. I'll pull the rock later on today to see if anything made it through the purge.

 

[AcroNem]

Thats what I was thinking. Hard to tell from the pic, but Id guess its acan heads. But still not sure.

They are baby rock flower anemones.

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

They are baby rock flower anemones.

We shall see....

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

place a power head blowing on him and he will move pretty quick.

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

place a power head blowing on him and he will move pretty quick.

I will

 

[ReefJake123]

I thought the skeleton looked like a lobo

 

[AcroNem]

The skeleton looks like a Micromussa or similar, but the babies are Rock Flower Anemones