ID please

jules11vb · Sep 28, 2008

Ok, I have a few things in my tank and I don't know what they are. There is one thing that comes out more at night, I think it may be some kind of small anemone or something. Here's a photo of it...taken in the evening. Like I said, it comes out alot further at night.

Also, lately I've noticed small sprouts of straight course green algae (I think). I've looked online and can't find photos that look like it, so maybe someone has seen it before. My bulbs were getting old and it started to grow. I've replaced the bulbs now, but this stuff is on several pieces of my live rock. Here are some photos...

Saltysteele · Sep 28, 2008

first looks to be an aptasia. bad anemone. spreads like wildfire and will sting other corals. use joe's juice, atasia control, or some other form of control to kill it. search the threads, plenty of information.

second appears to be hair algae.

photo's aren't real clear, but that would be my guess

paintballer768 · Sep 28, 2008

Nah the first is definitely a hidden cup coral, or something related to it. No harm, just kinda cool.

2nd is just hair algae. Your CUC will get to it eventually

Saltysteele · Sep 28, 2008

okay, i see where you're looking paintballer. i didn't see that. i thought he/she was talking about the apt in the indent in the rock at the top center of the pic

sorry!

RockCrawler · Oct 29, 2008

ID Please!

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cf.../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corynactis_californica

Hi

Your top pic is the same as one of my free loaders came on my LR! I hunted down the above link and then googled the Latin bit, pretty sure its a Strawberry Anemone small 2.5cm ish hard surface covering nem. Mixed bag dont think its that bad tho!

DJ

jules11vb · Oct 29, 2008

Yeah, rockcrawler...that looks just like it! Thanks.

jasonstan · Oct 30, 2008

Aquarium hobbyists integrating Corynactis california into live coral settings provide hard stubstrates for colonial expansion, since this species kills coral and anemones when competing for resources.

found this on wiki, I'd juice it and not take the risk.

Psychographic · Oct 30, 2008

It looks like a ball anemone, they don't seem to like light, which is why it comes out at night. From my experience, I found that the info about them being dangerous to not be true. I have a lot of them in my tank and none have bothered anything. I like them because they add some life in the caves and crevaces where nothing other than sponges and tube worms grow.

ironman · Dec 13, 2008

Algae appears to be briopsis, get it out as soon as possible, it is very hard to get rid of otherwise and spreads quickly.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/bryopsis.html

seafansar · Dec 13, 2008

Look at the last picture.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/shrooms.html

Jessy · Dec 17, 2008

If your last picture of algae is single strand skinny green hairs then it is hair algae. If the strands have little hairs coming off the central shaft like a fern (still very thin and hairlike) and hard to pull off by hand then its byopsis.

Jessy · Dec 17, 2008

seafansar said:
Look at the last picture.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/shrooms.html

nice find. my opinion of the first pic was ball "anem" as well.

Kate · Dec 18, 2008

I have a couple of those anemones in my nano, and I put them in there from my large tank I sold, because they never hurt anything. I was told they were strawberry anemones, when I bought the rock they were on. I think they are very pretty, and they stay small!

jules11vb · Dec 18, 2008

yeah, it looks like a fern, so I guess it is bryopsis. Any suggestions on getting rid of it?

Jessy said:
If your last picture of algae is single strand skinny green hairs then it is hair algae. If the strands have little hairs coming off the central shaft like a fern (still very thin and hairlike) and hard to pull off by hand then its byopsis.

Jessy · Dec 19, 2008

jules11vb said:
yeah, it looks like a fern, so I guess it is bryopsis. Any suggestions on getting rid of it?

Ruby Lettuce Nudis and/or raising your magnesium are the only two things I've heard. The rubies are guaranteed to eat it, you just have to monitor your powerheads. Raising Mag is an observation by a few people that has proven to work in some cases. But what you have there isn't enough to sustain a nudi in your tank for even a week. If you can "borrow" one it would be best. In San Diego we had a few that got passed around from tank to tank.