Not a clue what this is

Lasse · Jul 15, 2018

Hi

I harvest chaeto from my refugium today. I use to put the chaeto in a bucket and afterwards pick up all small animals and feed my DT. Today O saw something with too many arms but put it as food in the DT. I saw that my fish spit it out - there was many trying to eat it - app 2-3 mm large.

This evening I get surprised because this critter has attached itself to the front window.

Does anyone have any clue what it is? It does not seems like it move but why attach on the wndow?

And a video

Sincerely Lasse

cristata.reef · Jul 15, 2018

That's an anemone with it's foot on the glass. Not sure what kind; can you get a pic of the other side

DSC reef · Jul 15, 2018

Almost looks like a type of anemone attached to the glass.

Scurvy · Jul 15, 2018

Thats a new one for me. Ill agree with alien! Id probably pull it out while its still visable but you know where there’s one there’s most likely more.

Lovemyreef2015 · Jul 15, 2018

Looks like an anemone.

Dr. Dendrostein · Jul 15, 2018

Lasse said:
Hi

I harvest chaeto from my refugium today. I use to put the chaeto in a bucket and afterwards pick up all small animals and feed my DT. Today O saw something with too many arms but put it as food in the DT. I saw that my fish spit it out - there was many trying to eat it - app 2-3 mm large.

This evening I get surprised because this critter has attached itself to the front window.

Does anyone have any clue what it is? It does not seems like it move but why attach on the wndow?

And a video

Sincerely Lasse

Get it out of there ane quarantine. Lasse.

Scurvy · Jul 15, 2018

Majano maybe? Seems to fat for aptasia.

Dr. Dendrostein · Jul 15, 2018

Your messing with us. Lasse. Right?

Dr. Dendrostein · Jul 15, 2018

If I was a Latino/Jew Sherlock Holmes, I think you feed to your fish, see who would eat them. Elementary my dear. I hope I solved this case. Yes? No?

DSC reef · Jul 15, 2018

Jomama said:
If I was a Latino/Jew Sherlock Holmes, I think you feed to your fish, see who would eat them. Elementary my dear. I hope I solved this case. Yes? No?

Huh?

KJ · Jul 15, 2018

That's an anemone.

Fin · Jul 15, 2018

Juvenile condylactus nem?

Dr. Dendrostein · Jul 15, 2018

You guys know, we have at least one Marine Biologist here, watching. Won't say who he is, but he knows Lasse. Ane he's not commenting. I think their in cahoots. Their laughing their Butts off.

The biologist first letter to his name is S, S like in Sallstrom.

Sallstrom · Jul 15, 2018

Might be the same I've seen at work. I've seen about five of them, attached on the window two times, two times they've landed on a coral colony. It's like they float with the water and attach to new substrate.
But they haven't spread like Aiptasia anemones so far. Actually haven't seen one for long now. Maybe our Filefish or butterflyfish eats them.

So if you got the anemone from work, hitchhiked on some coral or algae, I don't think you need to worry. At least ours didn't spread fast, so you'll have some time to find a solution

Don't know the species. Back at work tomorrow, I'll look for them, see if we got them.
/ David

Lasse · Jul 15, 2018

I do not know where it comes from because it looks like it was in my Chaeto when I harvest that today. It is true that it was floating around in the water when I to feed my fish with it. I was thinking of aptasia but it does not fit - never seen any aptasia floating around.

Sonofives said:
That's an anemone with it's foot on the glass. Not sure what kind; can you get a pic of the other side

No I can´t - I need to put my camera in the water in order to do that.

I hope it will stay at that place it is know - it is easy to study.

Fin said:
Juvenile condylactus nem?

Could be something like that because it does not have any neck what it looks like.

@Jomama It is no joke - I haven´t a clue of what it is

Sincerely Lasse

cristata.reef · Jul 15, 2018

Jomama said:
You guys know, we have at least one Marine Biologist here, watching. Won't say who he is, but he knows Lasse. Ane he's not commenting. I think their in cahoots. Their laughing their Butts off.

LOL I do great white research and cnidarian citizen science does that qualify a me a marine biologist too?! I sure hope so hahahaha