Anemone Identification

[kelleymc]

Any help with identification of this big guy.
And these little guys. They’re on a rock i received that I currently have in a QT tank.

 

[bradleym]

The big one is a bubble tip anemone. The little ones are majano anemones, and they can be a real headache to get rid of once they are in the tank.

 

[kelleymc]

Thank you, I figured as much. I received this rock along with 20 lbs or so from a fellow reefer. That 20 lbs rock plus 70 more pounds of dried old live rock are currently in Brute garbage cans in my basement in heated saltwater with circulation. The plan was leaving them there for 90-120 days to kill off most everything. If there were any of these guys on the other rock, would they survive that process? These rocks were put in a 10 gal tank with light and a small CUC because they had a handful of mushrooms, the bubble tip, green start polyps, and a Kenya tree on them.

 

[bradleym]

Thank you, I figured as much. I received this rock along with 20 lbs or so from a fellow reefer. That 20 lbs rock plus 70 more pounds of dried old live rock are currently in Brute garbage cans in my basement in heated saltwater with circulation. The plan was leaving them there for 90-120 days to kill off most everything. If there were any of these guys on the other rock, would they survive that process? These rocks were put in a 10 gal tank with light and a small CUC because they had a handful of mushrooms, the bubble tip, green start polyps, and a Kenya tree on them.

Majano anemones can survive almost anything. If any coral/crab/snail/copepod can survive, so can they.

 

[kelleymc]

****. Then bleaching the rock may be the way to go?

 

[kelleymc]

Meaning bleaching all the rock in the brute cans.

 

[Jekyl]

@Lost in the Sauce @Eagle_Steve any second opinion on these nems? Im not sold.

 

[bradleym]

****. Then bleaching the rock may be the way to go?

You shouldn't do that. The corals and BTA are worth saving. You can kill them with a syringe of lemon juice, cover them with kalkwasser paste, or even use a nem tube to get them to walk off the rock.

 

[kelleymc]

You shouldn't do that. The corals and BTA are worth saving. You can kill them with a syringe of lemon juice, cover them with kalkwasser paste, or even use a nem tube to get them to walk off the rock.

No I wouldn’t bleach this rock. Only the other rocks I got from this reefer that are in the brute cans.

i haven’t setup the display tank yet and want to limit any issues.

 

[bushdoc]

You still have time to use less nuclear options, but I have lost a battle with majanos, which took 4 years and I had to brake down the tank and start from scratch.
You can selectively remove pieces of rock or/and use methods suggested by bradleym. There's "Majano Wand" to consider, but unfortunately few biological methods. Neither berghia nor peppermint shrimps seem to be interested in majanos. Bristle Tail Filefish is supposedly eating majanos, but I do not have expierience using them. Good luck and be persistent.

 

[kelleymc]

You still have time to use less nuclear options, but I have lost a battle with majanos, which took 4 years and I had to brake down the tank and start from scratch.
You can selectively remove pieces of rock or/and use methods suggested by bradleym. There's "Majano Wand" to consider, but unfortunately few biological methods. Neither berghia nor peppermint shrimps seem to be interested in majanos. Bristle Tail Filefish is supposedly eating majanos, but I do not have expierience using them. Good luck and be persistent.

This is exactly what I want to avoid. This is a new display tank and I want to start this tank right.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

@Lost in the Sauce @Eagle_Steve any second opinion on these nems? Im not sold.

Could be majano or bta mini splits. Either way, easy to remove with a nem cannon. For small ones, just use a smaller diameter pipe.

On phone and using Siri, as screen is mess up but there is a sticky in the nem and clownfish section on it.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Here is the link. Works for any nem that wants flow or light, just size it to match the nems size when retracted.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/safe-and-easy-diy-way-to-remove-nems.861213/

 

[kelleymc]

Here is the link. Works for any nem that wants flow or light, just size it to match the nems size when retracted.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/safe-and-easy-diy-way-to-remove-nems.861213/

Thanks! I’ll check it out. Any advice on what to do with the other rock in the Brute cans? Bleach it all? Continue with no light (black out) 90-120 day curing?

 

[bushdoc]

Thanks! I’ll check it out. Any advice on what to do with the other rock in the Brute cans? Bleach it all? Continue with no light (black out) 90-120 day curing?

That depends on your level of tolerance to troubles. If you want complete peace of mind-bleach it as some pests can definitely survive without light for long time.

 

[Jekyl]

Positive outweighs the negative imo. I wouldn't kill it.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Thanks! I’ll check it out. Any advice on what to do with the other rock in the Brute cans? Bleach it all? Continue with no light (black out) 90-120 day curing?

If it was me, I would just remove the nems and if majano, kalk paste any I cannot get off with nem cannon. But do it all before it went into a tank.

 

[kelleymc]

If it was me, I would just remove the nems and if majano, kalk paste any I cannot get off with nem cannon. But do it all before it went into a tank.

I’m going to bleach all the rock except these pieces in quarantine. I’ll let the corals and bubble tip spend the next couple months in the QT as the bleached rocks cure and cycle. Once the new tank is cured, I’ll move the corals and bubble tip to the new tank. I won’t risk moving the whole rock with the anemones because after all this, i don’t want a couple fragments to sneak into the new tank.