Biggest Aptisia EVER!?!

[justjes45]

OK, I have been in this hobby for about a year and a half. I'm familiar with tiny aptisia, and the way that they breed and spread… I was aware I had a larger one towards the back of my tank that was hard to get to and no shrimp seems to want to eat it.
Tonight, I noticed a gigantic aptisia/ anemone on the sand bed in the back. Where I can actually get out it! What do I do? But it exist, is it an aptisia or something cool?
I have no idea how all of you take such greatly colored pictures. This is the best I can get. It is about 2 inches in diameter!

 

[Vaughn17]

Looks like trouble to me. Siphon it out, quick, before it gets attached to something.

 

[justjes45]

That is what I was thinking...
Flush it?

 

[4FordFamily]

I have had a couple over the years 3" or so. One a few months ago until my filefish took care of my infestation

 

[ngvu1]

I have seen a few bigger than 1 inch in diameter and the guy's tank had a bunch them. They actually had color and at first I thought they were rock nems but kind of ugly compared to the real rock nems :-)...however when you have 1 that size, you are likely to have a bunch of the small ones...

 

[justjes45]

I have scooped him out while I could, but haven't flushed him yet-- feel kinda bad about it-
I do have a few tiny ones...
I had seen this one on the back side of a rock, but couldn't get to it until today- have no idea what made it move??

 

[4FordFamily]

Trust me. Ditch them. Even worse is mojanos

 

[Tahoe61]

Trust me you'll be glad you got rid of it in the long run.

10 those size will not seem so charming, and that is just the beginning.

 

[justjes45]

Alright... Here comes the flush!!

 

[Saltine]

I've seen bigger :D, I saw one that I think a LFS was selling as a coral, about the size of a 50 cent piece if not larger....

 

[Wiz]

Curly q nems look very similar. But I agree it looks like aptasia.

 

[UCReefer]

My buddy has one almost 4 inches... he feeds it silversides. Ha I have tried to tell him the dangers but he's grown attached to it. I'll try to get him to send me a pic it's ridiculous.

 

[The Macro Guy]

Put it in a QT, feed it and go for a world record.

 

[Homer Allman]

I have a small file fish and large aiptasia. I'm talking 50 cent piece size. Will this little dude eat the big guys? I have probably 1000's of little ones.

 

[FL_Reefer]

That thing is HUGE!