Majano Anemone or Polyp?

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

Good afternoon all !
I added a Coraline encrusted clam shell to my tank when I started it at the beginning of the year. Over the past few months, some feather dusters and sponges appeared - along with these colorful guys most recently (see pics). At first though I may have been lucky and got some free polyps of some kind, but now not so sure. They are tiny, bright green and not growing very fast. The entire bunch is around 1/2” in diameter. Can anyone confirm if these are Majano Anemones? Polyp?
Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks!!!

cpoynter · Jul 29, 2022

Can you provide a photo taken with a daylight spectrum?

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

cpoynter said:
Can you provide a photo taken with a daylight spectrum?

Here ya go…best I can do for now, hopefully that helps!

Uncle99 · Jul 29, 2022

If you touch that, does it hide?

encrustingacro · Jul 29, 2022

It sort of looks like some sort of stony coral

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

Uncle99 said:
If you touch that, does it hide?

No reaction that I can see.

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

encrustingacro said:
It sort of looks like some sort of stony coral

Yea I though it was a Zoa or Paly at first….but I really have no idea lol

Uncle99 · Jul 29, 2022

MikeW813 said:
No reaction that I can see.

Rules out any pest nem.
Pic to fuzzy on my end.

encrustingacro · Jul 29, 2022

MikeW813 said:
Yea I though it was a Zoa or Paly at first….but I really have no idea lol

You can sort of see a stony skeleton underneath. Where is this clam shell from?

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

Uncle99 said:
Rules out any pest nem.
Pic to fuzzy on my end.

Yup sorry about the quality - I’ll try to get a better shot once I finish up work. Appreciate all the help!

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

encrustingacro said:
You can sort of see a stony skeleton underneath. Where is this clam shell from?

From the Keys/Bahamas area - you may be seeing some of the encrusted Coraline as well- not sure- the whole thing is covered so you can’t really see the actual shell underneath

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

MikeW813 said:
From the Keys/Bahamas area - you may be seeing some of the encrusted Coraline as well- not sure- the whole thing is covered so you can’t really see the actual shell underneath

And I should add - cant 100% say for sure where from - the guy it was ordered from is in the Keys

encrustingacro · Jul 29, 2022

MikeW813 said:
From the Keys/Bahamas area - you may be seeing some of the encrusted Coraline as well- not sure- the whole thing is covered so you can’t really see the actual shell underneath

If it is from the keys/Bahamas, then I probably cannot identify it as I am not good with atlantic stony coral identification. My best guess would be some sort of coral from the family agariciidae. Also, if it is from the Bahamas/keys, it wouldn’t be a majano as those are from the indo-pacific.

MikeW813 · Jul 29, 2022

encrustingacro said:
If it is from the keys/Bahamas, then I probably cannot identify it as I am not good with atlantic stony coral identification. My best guess would be some sort of coral from the family agariciidae. Also, if it is from the Bahamas/keys, it wouldn’t be a majano as those are from the indo-pacific.

Interesting - appreciate it! I’ll keep it around and see what it grows into. Thanks!