Majano Anemones

[want2bsleepy]

Just got a rock of yumas and was told there are some Majano anemones on the rock. They are tiny and fluorescent green, looks like a mini mushroom. Are they good or bad?

 

[Daddy-o]

No Bueno! They must die!!!! Here is a link to an article on the salty underground
https://saltyunderground.com/category/majano-anemone-contro

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Grab a pic if you can of course and look at some pics on the net. Usually look more like a mini nem.

Def not as bad as aptasia IME.

 

[dbl]

If they are Majanos, get them out.

 

[Daddy-o]

Just got a rock of yumas and was told there are some Majano anemones on the rock. They are tiny and fluorescent green, looks like a mini mushroom. Are they good or bad?

The ones we had looked nothing like a mushroom

 

[want2bsleepy]

They look like this

 

[Rufus’ goofs]

They look like this

Kill it!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yup. Dead nem walking.

 

[want2bsleepy]

This is them. Definitely Majano?

 

[dbl]

Wow. If it were me, I would try to get the yumas of that rock and kill the rock. But that's just me.

 

[Punksboops]

Yes kill they spread rapidly take it from someone who knows

 

[Punksboops]

Aiptasia x works good

 

[Daddy-o]

As unwanted as they are, they are pretty

 

[want2bsleepy]

My lfs expert says they are gbta, any chance she is right?

 

[Punksboops]

Not a chance they are pests

 

[ThunderGoose]

I dunno. They look like BTA to me (admittedly not an expert). Could you quarantine for a while and see if they grow into BTA or if they spread like Mojano? Or, as dbl suggested, get the yumas off the rock and up the rock into QT and see what happens.

I'm not as paranoid about hitchhikers as a lot of folks.

[probably because I haven't gotten any of the really bad hitchhikers yet]

 

[want2bsleepy]

Ok, so we had just gotten that rock last night in a trade, it was a huge slab. I just spent a good 45 minutes breaking it all up, gluing the yumas to plugs, and setting aside 3 of the questionable anemones. I've put them in a little container in our biocube to see what becomes of them. If they grow, then I've got three GBTAs to go with my 3 RBTAs! If they multiply, then they go in the trash.

 

[want2bsleepy]

 

[4FordFamily]

Mojanos multiply exponentially when you try to kill them or break them up. They'll take over a tank. Any rock that touched them is likely to randomly pop them up. They're far worse than aiptasia!

 

[want2bsleepy]

Do peppermint shrimp eat them?