@i cant think WHY DID YOU HEART THIS POST ITS APTASIA! lolTrue Aiptasia is larger and has more “bulbous” tentacles:
Aiptasia mutabilis, Italy | Credit: Benedikt Faas
Aiptasia couchii, Spain | Credit: Amanhuy Duque and Andrea Castro
From what I can see, true Aiptasia are more of a Mediterranean/Eastern-Atlantic species.
Measure how large the corallites are; if they are ~1 cm, that's fascicularis; if they're <0.5 cm, they're astreata. From what I can tell, looks like too few septa and too circular corallites to be fascicularis.Anyway this is what I'm picking up today @encrustingacro
Any species ID?
(Yes, it's old recession, yes, its obviously a galaxea, though any idea which species of galaxea?)
Anyway took it home (the cotallites are smaller than 1 cm) and did a dip. There wasn't much connective tissue between the corallites ( i thought the bit that was left was a flatworm lol, didn't touch it though) but I did get this whole rock for only $35 so it's not perfect, though the polyp extension looks good so I'll see if it can regrow, (my leptastrea actually lost most of the tissue between the corallites and was able to grow it back just fine) so I'll keep you updated!
I’d rather have that as a pest over the ugly things we have!! Also, it’s a beautiful anemone haha
@encrustingacro Update on the rescue galaxea!Personally, I like the “fascicularis morph” better. Not sure what species is commonly exported, but I have a feeling it’s astreata.
Galaxea fascicularis, Guam | Credit: Marisa agarwal
