Maybe, but all the Majano I've seen tend to have thick rounded tip tentacles where this seems to be many pointed-tipped tentacles! All I know is that I'm glad I got it out, before it ended up in my tank.
If you can get clear, close-up pics of the mouth, tentacles, and column/pedal disk (the stalk and foot), that would go a long way for a nem ID (nems can be really tough to ID, though, especially when they're not common in the hobby).I just dipped some new frags and found this Anemone in with them. It doesn't look like any Aiptasia I have ever seen, I'm unfortunately really good at getting them in my tank... But this is definitely some kind of Anemone. Thanks for the help in advance!
lol.
I see what you mean. Kind of cool looking, but probably not good for your reef tank.
That is also my thought haha, just more wondering what it is. This is the 1st time I've come across something like this.
Really hard to say from the pics. Possibly "real" Aiptasia - Exaiptasia diaphana (A.K.A. Exaiptasia pallida)? You can see some pics to compare with in the links below (figure 1 in the second link):
It’s starting to close up on itself but this is the best I could do. It’s also sticking to everything.
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oh yep that looks like it, didn’t realize there was a “true” aiptasia.Really hard to say from the pics. Possibly "real" Aiptasia - Exaiptasia diaphana (A.K.A. Exaiptasia pallida)? You can see some pics to compare with in the links below (figure 1 in the second link):
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Yeah, the name Aiptasia technically refers to the genus, Aiptasia - but in the hobby, we use it as basically a catch-all for any "pest" nems, and in the scientific/research field it's largely used for Exaiptasia diaphana specifically (it's from the same taxonomic family as actual Aiptasia, and it has been mistakenly identified as a number of different actual Aiptasia species).
