What am I?
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I have never been able to find a lot of information on these, I am pretty sure they are from the Caryophylliidae family, Paracyathus Stearnsi or Balanophyllia Elegans, similar to a sun coral or a dendro. They have many different common names, star coral, glass anenome, carribean cup coral. Most that I have seen have been either clear or brownish in color. They are more like a solitary hard coral than an anenome(don't know why they are called this sometimes).No real special care, they will catch food with their tenticles, I don't think they contain zooxanthellae(not sure on this), so they should be fed zooplankton and meaty type foods if you want them to thrive, not just hang on. Again, never found anything "concrete" about these little guys, I guess I will keep searching for more information on these. I wish I had them in my current tank, have had them years ago, gave the rocks to a friend before we moved. I hope this is somewhat helpful.
Matt
Matt
Mom's observations
I tend to start looking whimpy if I'm not fed everyday and I eat a lot. I can eat a small shrimp cut in half with no effort, I will expand like an anenome and swallow it right up. It's really funny watching me try to steal my neighbors food. I am a contortionist and will do some rather amazing acts to steal it right out of their mouths. I like low light and low currents. Mom add's the bottled vitamins and Cyclopeze twice a week. That really perks me up too.
Thank you for helping to ID me.
Isn't the glass anenome, Aptasia?
II can see where someone might think that and many people have said I was Aptasia. But mom was pretty certian that I wasn't and didn't get rid of me. Thank goodness. Phew..
I tend to start looking whimpy if I'm not fed everyday and I eat a lot. I can eat a small shrimp cut in half with no effort, I will expand like an anenome and swallow it right up. It's really funny watching me try to steal my neighbors food. I am a contortionist and will do some rather amazing acts to steal it right out of their mouths. I like low light and low currents. Mom add's the bottled vitamins and Cyclopeze twice a week. That really perks me up too.
Thank you for helping to ID me.
Isn't the glass anenome, Aptasia?
II can see where someone might think that and many people have said I was Aptasia. But mom was pretty certian that I wasn't and didn't get rid of me. Thank goodness. Phew..
No problem, I had to ID them on a different forum the other day. I really thoutght mine were cool when I had some. Wish some would just pop up from my LR.
Yes, the glass anenome would be apitasia, I was just listing what I have heard them called most commonly.
Good luck with them.
Matt
Yes, the glass anenome would be apitasia, I was just listing what I have heard them called most commonly.
Good luck with them.
Matt
glass anemones and aptasia are 2 completly different things.
aptasia are tall brownish red colored Palm tree lookin things.
Glass nems are, clear, small pest anemones that short and stocky, like yours.
Both, however, are considered pests, and can violently sting and harm other corals.
i have dozens of those punks in my lil tank, and i nuke them every chance i get.
they ALMOST look like a dendro, but not quite
and if you notice, they have no def, calcified tube structure, no color, are much smaller, and are just a clear gooy critter.
plus they're much too small.
SOOOOOO yea, those are glass anemones. Just a common pest hitchhiker.
aptasia are tall brownish red colored Palm tree lookin things.
Glass nems are, clear, small pest anemones that short and stocky, like yours.
Both, however, are considered pests, and can violently sting and harm other corals.
i have dozens of those punks in my lil tank, and i nuke them every chance i get.
they ALMOST look like a dendro, but not quite
and if you notice, they have no def, calcified tube structure, no color, are much smaller, and are just a clear gooy critter.
plus they're much too small.
SOOOOOO yea, those are glass anemones. Just a common pest hitchhiker.
I have seen both versions of Aptasia, the glass form and the brown form. These guys are VERY different. I have spent my weekends wandering pet store to pet store since I was about 10 yrs old, my mother even bought some glass anenome's many long yrs ago. I've seen thousands of the aptasia's and glass dudes and you won't convince me that these guys are either. I've had these guys in the tank for a yr and I only have one new baby which is still on the same rock, just below the parents. Glass anenome's and aptasia both multiply like crazy. I have had Aptasia in this tank and nuked it real quick. Rock the parent was in hit the trash and the other rock that the new growth was on got bleached. Problem solved..
hmmm.
than that must be some special type of new coral that no one has ever seen or heard of before. congrats.
than that must be some special type of new coral that no one has ever seen or heard of before. congrats.
It is not new, just usually only comes in on really good live rock. I guess that is why you don't see it often, very hard to find good LR these days from the stores. Apitasia are also called glass anenome(google it). The other anenome in the other posts are pics of Majano anenomes, IMO. Both of them being of the pest variety(I would say they all are, but again just my opinion).
I am pretty sure they are something close to what I ID'd before. Check them out, there are a coulple different species of these types of corals.:thumbsup:
Matt
I am pretty sure they are something close to what I ID'd before. Check them out, there are a coulple different species of these types of corals.:thumbsup:
Matt
I have been and I'm starting to think the brown Cup coral is a pretty close likeness. Don't have any yellow on mine but they do vary in color.
http://www.kelpfish.net/winners/NovMac01.jpg
http://www.kelpfish.net/winners/NovMac01.jpg