Anemone? Maybe not I don't know

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Has anyone seen one of these before I found it in the back of my overflow when I was cleaning it I thought it was one of those white sponges when I scraped it loose with the rod its stuck to it started to go down the drain so I tried to stop it with the rod and it stuck to it then I could see the tentacles.
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hmmm.
Could be aptasia, bubble coral look like that too at night.
And yea both my bubble coral were hitchikers and that big when I got them.
 
Aiptasia and they are anemones :)
I've had aptasia a couple times in the past i am familiar with them from tiny to 3" in diameter. This is not like any aptasia i have ever seen. Im not saying that its not ive just never seen any like it. The aptasia ive seen have a long body/foot (the part that the tentacles come from). This is short and thick.
 
OK first let's make sure we are talking about the same thing. This is what I was talking about (inside the red circle; see picture below). However, you might be right because you own it and can see it in person. I can only speculate and I have seen aiptasia looking exactly like that and not 1 but like a hundred of them inside an overflow box. They turn white like that maybe due to not enough light.....
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I've had aptasia a couple times in the past i am familiar with them from tiny to 3" in diameter. This is not like any aptasia i have ever seen. Im not saying that its not ive just never seen any like it. The aptasia ive seen have a long body/foot (the part that the tentacles come from). This is short and thick.
 
Yep thats it. Ok i wasent saying it wasent i just havent seen any like that. Thanks for the info though.
 

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