id please (no pic, good description)

[rusty shackleford]

found new growth on my live rock.
looks exactly like an aiptasia, but completly transparent and with little white balls on the end of each tentical.

any ideas?


- very small + ****ty camera = no picture

thanks

[FitoPharmer]

Hydroid Jellyfish (http://www.google.ca/search?q=hydroid+jellyfish&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

[reefwars]

ball anemone




http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1F4QH9UXLZ2mOBmnTb_j-30TB1RCakk7ko-K_ViFYhLJW3sr5

[rusty shackleford]

YUP thats the one for sure!!! thanks

Good or bad ???

and thanks fitopharmer, i had those jellyfish thing all over my glass and never knew what they were.

[reefwars]

YUP thats the one for sure!!! thanks

Good or bad ???

and thanks fitopharmer, i had those jellyfish thing all over my glass and never knew what they were.



i personally dont think they are harmful and they are neat looking.they are nocturnal and mostly found in dark places.you can feed it if you like, i feed it chopped mysis sometimes if im feeling generous lol:) they also come in orange my last tank had orange ones and my current tank has clear ones.

[reefwars]

and if i remember correctly its actually a mushroom and not an anemone so the names def misleading lol :)

[rusty shackleford]

agreed, very neat looking.
only have a few softies in my tank, so its nice to have anything new grow in there.

about how big will it get ?

thanks again

[reefwars]

not very big maybe loonie sized at best, theres prob more then you think they hide well:)

[rusty shackleford]

awsome. Just saw a video of one eating a silver side, should i be worried about it killing my mandarins????

[gobytron]

and if i remember correctly its actually a mushroom and not an anemone so the names def misleading lol :)

Not really.
Mushrooms and Nems are very close cousins...