This thing showed up

[moorjames]

I have no idea what this is- not sure where it sprang from

the tentacles appear at night and retract during the day. Looks clear ish with red/purple in the middle.

 

[PokeFish]

forgot name ;-; will sting your corals tho. is pest

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a ball anemone and will NOT sting your coral. Although given the name anemone, its actually a mushroom.

 

[Mikedawg]

I have no idea what this is- not sure where it sprang from

the tentacles appear at night and retract during the day. Looks clear ish with red/purple in the middle.

Might want to research majano anemone

 

[Mikedawg]

Yeah, does look more like a ball's tentacles

 

[moorjames]

thanks- def looks like a ball anemone. Now just debating on keeping it or not. Thanks for the help identifying it

 

[fishface NJ]

Ball anemone

 

[Rtaylor]

Agree it’s most likely a ball anemone, but could be a hidden cup coral. Super easy to tell the difference as cup coral has a stony skeleton, but the tentacles look very similar to ball nem. Here’s a hidden cup coral, 2nd pic shows how the skeleton looks when it retracts.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Strawberry nem
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[damsels are not mean]

Definitely ball anemone. They will spread if you overfeed but shouldn't sting anything and most corals will just grow over them.

 

[Theulli]

If you like it just be aware that I have one and they seem to very much prefer low light- they toast up pretty fast under high lighting