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09-18-2007, 05:56 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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   |  need an ID
Ive seen 2 of these on the same rock, they are real tiny, so its hard to get a good pic of them.  _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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09-18-2007, 06:13 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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I recently noticed similar creatures in my tank. Mine are more white than yours, though. All I can comment on is the obvious: radial symetry, single body cavity, and presence of tentacles marks this as an anemone or single coral polyp.
Is it as large as a grain of rice, or bigger? _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
Decorated Firefish, 2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, 2 Green Chromis damsels, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm.
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09-18-2007, 06:40 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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a ployp, brown on the outside and a green in the middle, I have many of these _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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09-18-2007, 06:44 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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They are about 1/4" around, there is only 2 of them, and they are far apart. Nothing in the tank is similar to them. They also react to light. | |
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09-18-2007, 06:50 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
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I think it's a Majano or Tulip anemone. Go to the picture halfway down this page at wetwebmedia and see what you think. AnemIDFAQ9 | |
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09-18-2007, 06:55 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by SAW39  I think it's a Majano or Tulip anemone. Go to the picture halfway down this page at wetwebmedia and see what you think. AnemIDFAQ9 | nope, its not a majano. Ive seen tanks taken over by them, I am positive its not them. | |
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09-18-2007, 07:52 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
It a button polyp. They are a very common hitch hiker. Nice score
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09-18-2007, 10:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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the rock has been in my tank for 3 years and there is only 2 of them. They have spread at all. If it was button polyps, I'd think they would have spread by now, ya know or atleast grown a little. They look like the green and brown palys that are common but a heck of a lot smaller. | |
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09-19-2007, 05:41 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I'm going with a button polyp too. I've had them before and they don't spread like wildfire like some polyps do. | 
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09-19-2007, 06:06 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I agree...I think it's a paly too. Palys have separate "stalks" as zoos share a common base. There is another term for base, and I cannot pronounce it much less spell it. Palys are zoos, but not all zoos are palys.
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