Unknown pest anemone

[Alexcyf]

Hi guys. Can anyone id this? Seems to behave like an anemone. Moves around, multiply by splitting, has a tinch of yellowish brown. Doesnt pack a sting like usual anemone, but good enuff to smother corals when they grow on it..

Anyone has similar experience and knows a good way to eliminate them? It grows pretty fast

 

[Joeganja]

@Lionfish Lair

 

[Zack K]

@AcroNem #reefsquad

 

[AcroNem]

Strange hitchhiker, Heterodactyla hemprichii comes to mind, the little nematospheres on the underside give it away.

 

[AcroNem]

Removal may be quite a pain, it's one nem I admittedly don't have much personal experience with. If it's reproducing by splitting it may just regrow if you rip it or leave pieces behind. I'd say try to work it off the rocks like your typical nem. How many do you have now?

 

[Alexcyf]

Removal may be quite a pain, it's one nem I admittedly don't have much personal experience with. If it's reproducing by splitting it may just regrow if you rip it or leave pieces behind. I'd say try to work it off the rocks like your typical nem. How many do you have now?

Sad to say, I don't have an exact number to that question. Especially when some of them are hiding in hard to reach crevices and corners.. I did try things like Joe Juice but it doesn't seem to kill them at all. Although it helps to weaken them and grow their growth..

Just wondering whether there will be natural predators for such nem. Definitely something that can keep their growth in check in their natural environment right?

To be honest, if not for their rapid growth and invasive behavior, they do look quite pretty with e yellowish tinge

Anyway! Really appreciate the response! Looking forward for more ideas and solutions!

 

[AcroNem]

I was only curious of their number to get an idea of how hard it would be to remove. They can definitely be very pretty, I love the almost feathery appearance they seem to have. Some of them can even be a purple ish color. I don't know of any predators that wouldn't also eat your other corals, so I have no help there. Hate to say it but I think your option for controlling them is probably going to be careful manual removal.

 

[Alexcyf]

I was only curious of their number to get an idea of how hard it would be to remove. They can definitely be very pretty, I love the almost feathery appearance they seem to have. Some of them can even be a purple ish color. I don't know of any predators that B also eat your other corals, so I have no help there. Hate to say it but I think your option for controlling them is probably going to be careful manual removal.

Yea. I thought so too. Probably time to plan for a rescape

 

[AcroNem]

If it's foot is anything like Entacmaea quadricolor, it shouldn't be horribly difficult to work them off of rocks one at a time. I know it's not a preferred or easy way to do it but it's not a common anemone to deal with so there's really no products or other ways to deal with them.

 

[Alexcyf]

If it's foot is anything like Entacmaea quadricolor, it shouldn't be horribly difficult to work them off of rocks one at a time. I know it's not a preferred or easy way to do it but it's not a common anemone to deal with so there's really no products or other ways to deal with them.

Tried. Sweating all over after removing a couple of them haha. And it's only those that's more accessible

 

[Alexcyf]

Hey guys, just an update. Was looking through some common ways to eliminate things like majano, I came across usage of targeted kalkwasser.

Although, I tried using Joe juice, similar approach without success. I told, what e heck, just try..

The reaction of e hemprichii anemone was immediate. It doesn't split out the kalkwasser, after an hour, u can see many of the nem foot coming off loose, after a while, some are blown out of their hidden crevices. And after a day or two, those that was injected all disappeared!

For those having similar issues like mine. Try kalkwasser out!