please dont say this is aptasia

[ejd420]

i found several of these on a rock i added on my tank please advise anyone?

 

[ejd420]

herea a side angle

 

[Ty Hamatake]

This is not Aiptasia
There, I said it , but really it isn't. My guess is either some type of sponge or leather, but I'm having a hard time telling what exactly.

 

[4FordFamily]

Doesn't look like aiptasia or mojano (the problem nems). I don't know what it is but it does look like a leather of some sort to me as well!

 

[ejd420]

it was the latest rock i added and for some odd reason i was thinking it bit im no expert. thanks for clarifying it with me. so grateful with the experts on here.

 

[Jisko]

if you touch it what does it look like... meaning does it shrink up or do the polyps contract... also what color is it under blues 0_O

I have something similar but mine turns green under lights... I didn't even know I had it until it began to grow out over time

 

[ejd420]

ok look at the first pic then see this pic...it moved and so did thr other one....im curious to what this could be.

 

[Jisko]

@Lionfish Lair maybe he will know because i'm clueless haha

It's very cool though

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Baby Kenya tree maybe?

 

[ejd420]

ive had this tank going on 8 years...nothing crazy until couple days ago when i added the live rock pictured.

 

[Jisko]

Baby Kenya tree maybe?

nahh kenya wouldnt walk I dont think

 

[will424]

looks like a kenya tree to me also

 

[madweazl]

Anemone of some sort but which, I don't know.

 

[mkutsch]

Not Kenya. They cannot move much if at all not in that span... bleached baby ball nems maybe?

 

[mkutsch]

Send em to me, I'll take em off yer hands! ;Smuggrin
Seriously, they look really cool. Couldya get an actinic shot? Doesn't have to be good, just discernible.

Edit: ;Facepalm What about RFA?
'Nother edit: Yeah, no way a Kenya moved that much in that time. And how round and symmetrical each are? Very likely to be an anemone, my guess would be a rock flower, or a Corynactis.

 

[jason_mazzy]

I'm going with some type of baby anemone

 

[mkutsch]

But that's the thing. It could be a tiny polyp of any big nem. Does it eat? Open and close? Has it moved again?

 

[jason_mazzy]

where is the rock from? watch it be a hellfire lol

 

[mkutsch]

What??? No...;Drowning

 

[ejd420]

sorry for the delay. rock was from a store. it has moved though...couldnt take actinic pics last night. one is on the other side of the rock from last pic the other is on the glass