Aiptasia or xenia?

[gingeramoeba]

Hello! About a week ago I took over a 4 year established biocube 29g. Wondering if this is aptasia or xenia.

Water parameters:
Temp: 77F
Salinity: 1.026
pH: 8.2
Nitrites: 0
Ammonia: 0
Nitrates: 40 (they were 160 before a 50% water change and i’m still working on getting it down)
Phosphates: 4… (see above)
Calcium: 400ish
KH: 11

And yes, rocks/sand are covered in detritus. You should have seen it before. Also working on it.

Unfortunately, every time I try to upload a video on here it doesn’t work

 

[Pickle_soup]

Hard to tell, but I would go with neither.

 

[gingeramoeba]

I hope you are right. I’ve got enough to deal with in this tank.

 

[jabberwock]

looks like a feather duster, good guy

 

[jabberwock]

How about a full tank picture?

 

[gingeramoeba]

I’ve got quite a lot of them (10-15) scattered on this particular rock. They don’t have any stalk that I can tell.

 

[jabberwock]

I’ve got quite a lot of them (10-15) scattered on this particular rock. They don’t have ant stalk that I can tell.

What is the origin of the rock?

 

[gingeramoeba]

How about a full tank picture?

Sure I’ll embarrass myself!
excuse the camera shy Nems. They just ate a few hours ago.

 

[gingeramoeba]

What is the origin of the rock?

Rock came with the tank. Unsure if origin. I just added new live rock yesterdays but it has no growth. That rock was from LFS.

 

[Idech]

looks like a feather duster, good guy

Agreed.

 

[jabberwock]

No embarrassment It often adds important information, and your tank looks pretty good.

 

[gingeramoeba]

No embarrassment It often adds important information, and your tank looks pretty good.

Welp I guess the 5 hours of water change and detritus removal was worth it. Thank you.

 

[gingeramoeba]

I guess I will keep an eye on them and see what happens. Thanks!