More hitchhikers

[Aneal]

Along with the crabs that fell out of the new live rock from FL, I've found a few other hitchhikers. Orange thing - a sponge? Anemone looking thing - majano? And what the heck is that black thing? I was trying to get pics of the anemone looking thing and saw something dart back into the rock. The outside looks black, and it moves pretty quickly back into a small hole in the rock.

 

[garbled]

Thats not a majano, not exactly sure what it is tho. The orange thing is definitely a sponge.

 

[Aneal]

Thats not a majano, not exactly sure what it is tho. The orange thing is definitely a sponge.

I wasn't sure on it either. I moved a piece of macro algae so I could get a pic and it closed up, then slowly opened back up

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

It is a type of anemone that occurs in the Gulf, but not a majano - those are indio-pacific. We don't have them in the gulf. I had one on my TBS rock also, but it didn't live past the first six months.

 

[sfin52]

I'm thinking, it is a type of rock flower anemone.

 

[KrisReef]

Lebrunia coralligens?

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

No, it's been identified before as a curlicue anemone, Bartholomea annulata, on the other forum ( http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2568344 ) and while the picture on the post is correct it looks different to me than all the other pictures of Bartholomea annulata. Richard from TBS says they call it a "banded bulb anemone".

I found it one time on a Florida marine life site and they listed it as unclassified. Regardless, it is not a majano anemone and not invasive.

 

[Aneal]

No, it's been identified before as a curlicue anemone, Bartholomea annulata, on the other forum ( http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2568344 ) and while the picture on the post is correct it looks different to me than all the other pictures of Bartholomea annulata. Richard from TBS says they call it a "banded bulb anemone".

I found it one time on a Florida marine life site and they listed it as unclassified. Regardless, it is not a majano anemone and not invasive.

Well at least that's good. I was searching last night before you responded and couldn't find anything that looked quite right.

 

[TheHerbanLegend]

You see that fireworm too right?

 

[Maritimer]

The one in the first photos?

Looks more like a common bristle worm to me.

_Love_ Florida liverock! Wish aquacultured rock were available from more regions, but grateful we have it from FL.

~Bruce

 

[Aneal]

The one in the first photos?

Looks more like a common bristle worm to me.

_Love_ Florida liverock! Wish aquacultured rock were available from more regions, but grateful we have it from FL.

~Bruce

Thanks! I thought it was a bristle worm so I wasn't concerned about that one. There's a small black tube thing sticking out of the rock behind the sponge that kind of weirds me out.

 

[Maritimer]

If you touch it (poke it with a stick?), does it retract?

It looks like it might be part of another sponge (which would not pull in if touched) or a tunicate (which might).

Both are welcome, harmless filter feeders.

~Bruce

 

[Aneal]

If you touch it (poke it with a stick?), does it retract?

It looks like it might be part of another sponge (which would not pull in if touched) or a tunicate (which might).

Both are welcome, harmless filter feeders.

~Bruce

It reacts. There are multiple close to each other.

 

[Maritimer]

Could be tunicates then. Some are called sea-squirts or sea-grapes; they're classed as invertebrates, but they're in Phylum Chordata, just like clownfish - and me. They're filter-feeders, straining organic particles from the water.

Sadly, they often don't stay long in our tanks.

~Bruce