Whats This?

MaconTallMan · 12-13-2005, 07:13 PM

Hi All, I have something growing on my live rock that i have just found. I'm hoping someone can help me identify it. The picture is the best I can do. It has a base that looks like an anemone, however it has long arms, tenicals, branches, don't know what to call them that have lots of very small hair like pieces coming off of them. These were accentuated today when I was moving rock and stirred up the bottom some. any help in identification would be appreciated.

**Fishfirst** · 12-14-2005, 09:01 AM

hard to tell, possibly rock anemones or apitasia, however without a clear pic its gonna be very hard to tell.

MaconTallMan · 12-14-2005, 02:26 PM

I see references to Apitasia, but I cannot find any pictures. What is this?

**TheOldSalt** · 12-15-2005, 12:49 PM

It looks like a little frag of Xenia to me.
Xenia is a soft coral.
Aiptasia is a little brown anemone which is something of a pest.
Xenia is an attractive feature of any tank, although it too can grow to pestilent proportion and need trimming.

flamingo · 12-15-2005, 04:49 PM

yeah it looks more like xenia or colt coral.

Aipitasia is also a clear color. A while back when I got my aipitasi infestion I was happy, I thought they were polyps lol. I did everything so they would grow, I looked them up and found out what they were. Next thing you know im squishing them with my finger, then I found out that makes it worse, lol.

**Fishfirst** · 12-16-2005, 05:15 AM

apitasia isn't always clear.

12-13-2005, 07:13 PM	#1
MaconTallMan Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 42 Posts: 32	Whats This? Hi All, I have something growing on my live rock that i have just found. I'm hoping someone can help me identify it. The picture is the best I can do. It has a base that looks like an anemone, however it has long arms, tenicals, branches, don't know what to call them that have lots of very small hair like pieces coming off of them. These were accentuated today when I was moving rock and stirred up the bottom some. any help in identification would be appreciated. Attached Images

12-14-2005, 09:01 AM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,541	hard to tell, possibly rock anemones or apitasia, however without a clear pic its gonna be very hard to tell. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

12-15-2005, 04:49 PM	#5
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	yeah it looks more like xenia or colt coral. Aipitasia is also a clear color. A while back when I got my aipitasi infestion I was happy, I thought they were polyps lol. I did everything so they would grow, I looked them up and found out what they were. Next thing you know im squishing them with my finger, then I found out that makes it worse, lol. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

12-16-2005, 05:15 AM	#6
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,541	apitasia isn't always clear. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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12-14-2005, 02:26 PM	#3
MaconTallMan Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 42 Posts: 32	I see references to Apitasia, but I cannot find any pictures. What is this?

12-15-2005, 12:49 PM	#4
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,360	It looks like a little frag of Xenia to me. Xenia is a soft coral. Aiptasia is a little brown anemone which is something of a pest. Xenia is an attractive feature of any tank, although it too can grow to pestilent proportion and need trimming.

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