Aptasia?

[Sevenstar]

I resently started noticing these small (2mm) things growing on my LR close together. They are white/transluctant, they have a small tube base that fuses to 8-9 fanned out legs. They all look exactly alike. I am not quite sure if they are aptasia since they seemed to be so neatly arranged.

[Germanman]

pics would really help...even if they are kinda bad that there describes at least 5 different things to me lol.

[Sevenstar]

pics would really help...even if they are kinda bad that there describes at least 5 different things to me lol.

I will get the camera and try to take some. I just have to try to get the angle right or else they blend into the LR since they are so small. And I always get a horrible back glare.

[Germanman]

yea its hard sometimes

[Nick540]

I have these too and have no clue what they are. I started a forum about it too. I could not get any pics becaus they are way too small.

[jayghmi]

I think I may have a (pretty good) picture of what you are describing, because I had them as well. I will post the picture if someone will tell me how.

[Germanman]

I think I may have a (pretty good) picture of what you are describing, because I had them as well. I will post the picture if someone will tell me how.

hi and welcome!
just click to post and then look at the bottom and click on the button that says manage attachments.

[jayghmi]

Thanks for the reply ( I am new to furoms and to SaltWater). I was using the quick reply vs. the post message button, so now I see it. We will see if I did it correctly. I had to crop quite a bit, so hopefully it is clear. JWG

[Germanman]

thats either a Strawberry Amenome Corynactis sp. or a white ball anemone, Pseudocorynactus sp.. they are generally reef safe and only really come out in the dark. they dont spread to quickly and get eatin by a lot of different things. they can sting things like most corals and are quite strong. some say they are desirable some beg to differ. i keep mine and they havent caused any problems in over 2 years. they are thought to be toxic to people can can sting you if large enough, otherwise they cant really hurt u unless u eat them or something.

[cullyisgully]

i have alot of them in my tank but r not big at all. shoud i have a problem with them or na. can my clown fish go in 2 them or they or no good.

[Germanman]

usually clownfish ignore them. like i said they shouldnt be a problem if small bu sometimes they get to be very large and can then sting things

[jayghmi]

Thanks! I don't know if it will help the original poster, but it helped me. Unfortuanately, I was told it was aptasa (sp?) and killed it with Joes juice. It is the only and last thing I have killled. I will post pictures from now on before clarification before taking drastic action.

I am currently 4 weeks into cycling! Much easier to cycle than freshwater because all the cool things I see everyday in the live rock!

Look foward to the journey!JWG

[Sevenstar]

Glad to hear you had luck with your unknown creature jayghmi. I should have posted earlier that I couldn't get a picture of mine. They were just way too small. My crabs have been munching on them so I am not too worried. If they start spreading like crazy then I will take action, but I haven't seen any new developements, just very happy full crabs.