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03-12-2006, 01:10 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
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 |  hitchhiker Identification
Hi
please help identify this hitchhiker
Thanks | 
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03-12-2006, 01:15 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Hmmm...either a large brown polyp of some kind of anemone...hard to tell 
where is it? under the sand, is it easy to get to? maybe isolate it before it spreads _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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03-12-2006, 01:17 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
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yes under the sand !! i have 2 on my tank | |
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03-12-2006, 01:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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well....if its under the sand...i suppose there is no immidiate threat...but it might be worth tossing...just in case...i am 2 starting to find some small amemones in the sand when i look at the back of my tank under the rocks...no way i can remove them but then again...they are not a threat to anything | |
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03-14-2006, 09:18 AM
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| | Pajama Cardinal
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: berwick, PA,Pennsylvania
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it looks to me also like some sort of brown polyp if so its prolly hamrless it doesnt really look like a aptasia ive had those in the past there buggers to get rid of _________ karla  75 gall, 80 lbs sand, 110 lb lr, 10k pcs, atinics, emperor 400, prizm skimmer, hagen and maxi jet powerheads | |
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03-14-2006, 01:51 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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It's a button polyp. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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03-14-2006, 04:02 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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That thing looks like a brown button polyp to me. Feed it some meats and watch it close and devour it! 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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03-14-2006, 06:38 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Coto de Caza, CA
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I vote brown polyp.. | |
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