Are these dudes bad??? ID help pls
 

I have a suspicion that i just introduced a couple manjano anenomes to my tank. Can someone please help with the ID?

Thanks!

cant say what they are, some type of hitchhiker anemone, I wouldnt keep them personally

looks like the nasty buggers to me

Too Bad....

they are quite pretty but i really don't want a tank full of them.....

do they take over aggressively? is that why they are so despised?

Looks like apitaisa to me.

pretty sure its not majano

I thought so too, but the pattern is something I havent seen yet. still wouldnt trust them though

dang!

they were sold to me at a LFS......

REALLY!! What the hell did they call them?

Looks like one of the more unusual species of Aiptasia to me. Was it sold to you as Rock or Trumpet Anemone?

strawberry anemone....

but when i looked it up at home, didn't really match.

Strawberry Anemones are temperate, you could go find them in the tide pools. :D

time to start shopping elsewhere:wink:

Exactly, look at this apitasia

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...R/2b879c8f.jpg

they dont look like strawberry nems. I'd guess your LFS didnt have a clue what it was so they slapped a price on it anyways. IMO, if you dont know what it is, you probably shouldnt buy/sell it. hope they turn out to not be to much of a pest!:sad:

and I'd take that into your LFS and give them a piece of your mind.

lesson learned.....

What is the name of that LFS who ripped you off like that ?

http://northislandexplorer.com/marin...ed_anemone.htm

does that look like this?

You can tell just by the way they are already spreading they are bad. +1 on aptasia

The suspects have been apprehended!!

Don't want to throw the guys under the bus quite yet...

Suffice to say, I take full responsibility for buying something that i didn't research..... :redface:

But any respectable fish store should know what they are selling and have the decency to NOT sell stuff like this to its customers.

Would at least be nice to know the name of the store in question so others in the area (especially beginners like myself) can be cautious when we go into this store.

A few years back I bought a beautiful aptasia that I thought it was a baby anemone :redface:. I kept feeding it until it multiplied into a dozen just in a week. Their color was so beautiful that I felt pity for them. My hand was shaking like I got Parkinson disease or something (and my heart sunk) when I squirted and killed them with boiled water.

Amen!

luckily they were new to the tank so they peeled off pretty easily....

thanks for the help and discussion

this forum is really great and I'm so glad i don't have to go it alone!!

thanks again folks!!!

They are kind of cute. Maybe put them in a sump?

They are so despised because they pop all over the place and they sting corals.

I wouldnt put them in the sump, what stopping them from making there way into the DT?

I would suggest you take the piece back to the store with a receipt and tell them that you would like your money back because the anemones are Aiptasia pest anemones as identified by several of your "reef keeping friends". LFS never put much faith in "internet people". If you are kind, and polite you shouldn't have any issues getting your money back.

It's true it's a risk as when they are tiny and float in the water they can get anywhere.