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05-04-2007, 08:42 AM
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There is such a thing but if I'm not mistaken, they all grow on a mat just like their green "relatives". | 
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05-04-2007, 09:31 AM
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| | Stylophora
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I dont think its aiptasia. If you look really close (click on the picture to see it full size) you can see that the "tentacles" are somewhat feathery like a GSP. And yes there are brown star polyps but like the green ones the grow out of a mat. Although i do have some GSP that are growing but do not seem to be attached to the mat of the main colony, maybe the are brown star polyps that are just starting a colony and the mat will come in time.
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05-04-2007, 02:56 PM
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There are 100's of types of aiptasia. Here is the one in question....  marine menaces
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05-04-2007, 03:37 PM
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as for brown star polyps, they look just like green star polyps, except tannish brown, lol. | |
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05-16-2007, 06:38 AM
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SHAZAAM! Take a look at the 7th picture on this page under the title "Hitchhiker ID": InvertIDFAQs
So, we know it's an anemone but Lord only knows what kind. Seems to be a stinger though! | |
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05-17-2007, 10:17 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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amcarrig, if THAT'S aiptasia, then what the heck did i have?? it looked NOTHING like that... of course, it didn't look like the one that cav posted either... my "aiptasia" was brown with white rings on the tentacles, 2 rows of tentacles (one pointing up around the oral disc, and another pointing straight out) and the oral disc was a single color, and you could make out a "mouth".... and when i touched it with something, it would retract into the rock, and then i would see what i assumed to be stingers (long, very thin hairs) | |
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05-17-2007, 10:31 AM
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That is not aiptasia. The description of your animal sounds like aiptasia. | |
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05-17-2007, 10:43 AM
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| | Feather Duster
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I have a colony of clove polyps that look like that in the beginning of "new" growth. They have little green centers | |
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