crazy looking creature id

bonomo53 · May 30, 2013

So i work at a lfs and we pulled this out of one of the tanks. This thing is crazy looking any idea of what it is? i thought it was some type of hydroid but not sure.

STP wellsophyllia · May 31, 2013

some type of hybrid hydroid? lo thats CRAZZYYY. good luck with your search efforts

Engloid · May 31, 2013

I'd have to put that thing in a sump till I found out what it was. Was it attached to a rock? Will it eat?

djmatteo · May 31, 2013

Looks like a poor health curly cue anemone kinda, not sure about the brown stuff though.

Aznyoyoboy57 · May 31, 2013

ice cream!! lol j/k...my guess will be a an upside down Kenya Tree Coral

Dtech07 · May 31, 2013

Looks like a very old aiptasa.

skinz78 · May 31, 2013

It's a Siamese curlyQ nem?

tj51 · May 31, 2013

LOL, it's probably upside down and a torch or nephthea of some sort? if the "brown" were the roots, why are they growing out of the stalk?

BuddyG · May 31, 2013

It's an Anemone. I use to have this. it elongates when hunting for food and when trying to relocate. Fed it with shrimps.

at rest

active

Flatbrook · May 31, 2013

****aki mushroom from the grocery store maybe?

Reefing is like a box of chocolates, you never know whatcha gonna get!

Engloid · May 31, 2013

That thing is pretty cool. Did it ever spread or become a problem?

BuddyG · Jun 1, 2013

The only problem i had with it was feeding. It moves very slow and food was almost always robbed from it by the other inhabitants. I had to schedule feeding just before the light turns on while its companions are still asleep. it is also the time that its mouth is extended and open. Although most of its companions are still asleep I still have to wait until the food is completely swallowed since the nocturnals like my shrimp and lobster are highly active during these pre-illumination.