I'd please? What on earth is this?

prsnlty · Sep 1, 2016

Thank you all for your help

Bbaz123456 · Sep 1, 2016

Think about any of your lps corals or anemones, when they "deflate", they take on a completely different appearance.
I have about 1200 gallons of aiptasia cultures and spend about an hour a day working with them. I have seen them in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Haha. But I see how the "normal" experienced reefer may not recognize the beauty of a stressed aip.... Lots of babies coming

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 1, 2016

prsnlty said:
No and it disappeared during a wc. I see no reason for a "good" nem to be in this particular tank though so I doubt it is a good one. This is my "where do I put it" catch all tank and other than a monthly wc it's pretty much ignored. Strangely there is no algae and such here but there is aptasia. I have just never seen one look like this one... and I've been in this hobby for years.

yea that look totally weird. But I had some odd stuff pop up. Cool find thanks

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 1, 2016

Bbaz123456 said:
1200 gallons of aiptasia cultures

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????

Roboson · Sep 1, 2016

It doesn't look anything like aptasia to me.

prsnlty · Sep 4, 2016

I have been in the hobby since '94 minus a few years somewhere between then and now. I've seen a lot of strange or uncommon things from time to time... never saw this one lol. If @Bbaz123456 says it's aptasia with all his experience I would be apt to agree. I however have never seen one this way before. It is true unusual creatures show up in our tanks where there seems no explanation why or how they got there such as a slipper limpet did in my reef. They are native to England and a nuisance for them but are fine in a contained reef. How it got here... who knows!
Slipper limpet

Thanks everyone for the help

Roboson · Sep 4, 2016

If you see it again, snag some more pictures. I'd love to keep following along.

prsnlty · Sep 4, 2016

Sure

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 4, 2016

Yea. That's beautiful. I love hitchhikers. Honestly I like them better than fish.
Everybody got fish. Who got slipper limpets. Or six Indonesian muscles?

There's a my favorite or show me your favorite hitchikers thread around here somewhere. I'll try n bump it or maybe get it stickied.

HarleyP · Sep 4, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Yea. That's beautiful. I love hitchhikers. Honestly I like them better than fish.
Everybody got fish. Who got slipper limpets. Or six Indonesian muscles?

There's a my favorite or show me your favorite hitchikers thread around here somewhere. I'll try n bump it or maybe get it stickied.

Iv heard about the good hitch hikers which makes me want some live rock or live sand but also heard so much of the bad ones which makes me just want to cultivate everything myself its very debatable cuz its alot of work to get rid of those bad ones! And iv seen a few products to promote good stuff in the sump in the back of my tank but iv seen some cool hitch hikers in posts and vids fer sure!

Brew12 · Sep 4, 2016

HarleyP said:
Iv heard about the good hitch hikers which makes me want some live rock or live sand but also heard so much of the bad ones which makes me just want to cultivate everything myself its very debatable cuz its alot of work to get rid of those bad ones! And iv seen a few products to promote good stuff in the sump in the back of my tank but iv seen some cool hitch hikers in posts and vids fer sure!

I feel exactly the same! I opted the dry rock route since this is my first tank. Want to try and get the first one going with a minimal of variables such as hitchhikers. If I feel adventurous I may order some live rock in the future to see what kind of hitchhikers come along with it.

HarleyP · Sep 4, 2016

Brew12 said:
I feel exactly the same! I opted the dry rock route since this is my first tank. Want to try and get the first one going with a minimal of variables such as hitchhikers. If I feel adventurous I may order some live rock in the future to see what kind of hitchhikers come along with it.

Ya thats how im feeling too! This will be my first tank and I dont want to have to worry about pests if I dont have to!

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 4, 2016

wise approach.

Bbaz123456 · Sep 4, 2016

prsnlty said:
I have been in the hobby since '94 minus a few years somewhere between then and now. I've seen a lot of strange or uncommon things from time to time... never saw this one lol. If @Bbaz123456 says it's aptasia with all his experience I would be apt to agree. I however have never seen one this way before. It is true unusual creatures show up in our tanks where there seems no explanation why or how they got there such as a slipper limpet did in my reef. They are native to England and a nuisance for them but are fine in a contained reef. How it got here... who knows!
Slipper limpet

Thanks everyone for the help

Now this one is definitely not an aiptasia! Lol. That's a new one for me. The first pic definitely looked like one to me but it is a picture, and of course, I can't be 100% certain from a picture.

prsnlty · Sep 4, 2016

Bbaz123456 said:
Now this one is definitely not an aiptasia! Lol. That's a new one for me. The first pic definitely looked like one to me but it is a picture, and of course, I can't be 100% certain from a picture.

Lol yeah this limpet is a rare find apparently. So Lionfish Lair has added it to her HITCHIKERS thread

If I see the strange little one again I'll try to get better pictures of it. It just seemed to have too many tentacles for aptasia that I've seen. Yet I have also not seen a nem that small either....

scardall · Sep 4, 2016

As others have mentioned this is an anemone

Bbaz123456 · Sep 4, 2016

I think everyone can agree that this is an aiptasia??
Here is the same one after I poked it a few times.

Then I poked a few more times. The pictures are horrible but I think you can see the similarities.

Like I said, I can't be 100% sure it's an aiptasia but I'd be willing to bet on it.

KJ · Sep 4, 2016

Bbaz123456 said:
I think everyone can agree that this is an aiptasia??
Here is the same one after I poked it a few times.

Then I poked a few more times. The pictures are horrible but I think you can see the similarities.

Like I said, I can't be 100% sure it's an aiptasia but I'd be willing to bet on it.

Yes this is an Aiptasia .

KJ · Sep 4, 2016

We have quite a few species of Aipasia that looks a little bit different from the common ones in most aquariums why it makes it a little difficult to positive ID.