wtf is THIS?! PLEASE ID!

[Conski]

ew it creeps me out whatever is it is, its like a super glass anenome. its been on the back of my rock forever getting bigger and bigger but it has like stripes coming down its tentacles.. and today when i got home from school it moved
i feel like its gonna kill everything its so gross

its int he center of the screen i know its hard to see but heres a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTWBDlOiFpw

i might honestly just throw this rock out, i know that demon worm lives in it and i dont like the looks of this thing either at all

 

[Pixie_84]

That is so wierd! I have never seen anything like that. Sorry I can't help here. How long have you noticed this mysterious demon lookin' thing and have you seen anything missing in your tank?

 

[Conski]

nope nothing missing, had a dead coral recently but this things been in the tank forever!

its got abig meaty stem, unless its some sort of tentacle faced worm but i doubt it is. its got to many. looks like a big striped apiasita

 

[Pixie_84]

It would sure scare the heck out of me if I had found it but then again I got creeped out finding black hair algae in one of my tanks several months ago. Needless to say, thats been killed off. )

 

[SubRosa]

Pic is bad but could be a Curlycue Anemone, Bartholomea annulata. Too much like an Aiptasia for my taste but people actually buy them on purpose.

 

[Conski]

THATS WHAT IT IS! is a bartholomea annulata, i knew it started with a b but i couldnt remember! im gonna look up if they are safe

 

[Conski]

its reefsafe, but very dangerous for me to touch... hahaha i almost tried to touch it too http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

 

[Pixie_84]

omigoodness! good thing you didn't touch it then.

 

[Amphiprion]

THATS WHAT IT IS! is a bartholomea annulata, i knew it started with a b but i couldnt remember! im gonna look up if they are safe

There are Aiptasia species that look similar to Bartholomea, but aren't the same. FWIW, Bartholomea is an aiptasiid anemone, though . Try to get a better pic, if possible.

 

[Conski]

I have joes juice coming in with my other RK for this tank. if that doesnt work on it im probably going to end up tossing the rock, im kinda scared this thing will kill a coral.

heres the best pic i could get of it.. reefsafe or not?