Id on small hitchhiker

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I had one now there are three. They are green in color with an olive green ting closer to the mouth. The original one was super tiny. Smaller than a zoa. Now all three have out sized the zoas. I looked on the net but all I could find was giant green anemone.

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I wondered about that. They come in green?
 
Often confused with young bubble tips,they have strong stings and don't play nice with other corals and fish in most cases. They use venomous cells called nematocysts found in their tentacles to sting corals and fish. They can be a challenge to get rid of once established and have been known to take over a reef aquarium by quickly reproducing while stinging and killing other tank invertebrates in the process.

Just Like an Aiptasia, the Majano Anemone is a hitchhiker often brought in on live rock. The best way to avoid getting them in an aquarium is to use a quarantine tank. Place all new live rock, as well as every fish you bring, into a quarantine tank for observation and care before introducing them into your main tank.

Electrocuting them with a wand, injecting them with Kalk made into a paste are effective ways to eliminate them
 
They rock they were on was easy to get out. I scraped them from the rock, taking the rock with it to make sure I didn't leave anything behind then washed the rock in fresh water and scraped the area again. Those were the only ones I'd had and were isolated to the same rock.
 

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