I D ANEMONE

[mohammadali]

hey all
this lil tiny Tipped anemone growing crazy
how do i get ride of them ?
if anyone want one i can give you :)

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s464/alexafg/IMAG0621.jpg

[tang daddy]

Take the pipe out and run under hotwater , it should release... If not use a toothbrush to remove!

[Bill@IA]

Are you sure that is an anemone??

BTW if it is, using a tooth brush to remove may promote more new ones. In the case of Aiptasia sp. every bit of tissue left in your system may regenerate into another anemone. Using something like a toothbrush could shred one anemone into many many more future anemones.

:)

[reefwars]

ball anemone , nocturnal ...harmless imo.

[Nano]

+1 to reefwars

[marie]

It's an orange ball anemone which is not really an anemone at all but is a corrallimorph, belonging to the mushroom family

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/orange_ball_anemone.html

[reefwars]

It's an orange ball anemone which is not really an anemone at all but is a corrallimorph, belonging to the mushroom family

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/orange_ball_anemone.html



very true , i find them a nice addition and they take up all the dark spots that are hard to fill anyways:)

they are quite sticky and will accept large meaty foods and everything in between:)

[mohammadali]

there is a tiny one growing under my gsp and the gsp is coming of the pipe
and they growing everywhere on the sand , rock and pipe

[reefwars]

there is a tiny one growing under my gsp and the gsp is coming of the pipe
and they growing everywhere on the sand , rock and pipe


what answers are you looking for exactly???

[mohammadali]

i was wondering how to get ride of em
you said its harmless then nvm ill leave em alone

[Adread]

I've also heard them referred to as strawberry anemone. I have a few in my tank and they are definetly harmless.

[aquajeep]

harmless and kinda cute.i have a few in behind some rocks.

[mohammadali]

up to how big they grow ?

[tang daddy]

I shouldve been more descriptive when I said take out and run under hotwater and if it fails scrub with tooth brush in your sink... But since you have many more in your tank manual removal may be harder.

If you try to scrub anything in your tank you could definitely create more problems or even kill other corals in your tank, don't scrub anything other than algae off the glass in your tank, always remove and scrub in sink.....

[mohammadali]

thanks for letting me know about brushing
i brushed aptisia in my tank it was all over