Orange Polyp

[ccole]

Hi all! I've been trying to figure out what this polyp/coral is, but I haven't had much luck. As far as I can tell, it has a mouth but not a skeleton and closes up by folding in half. It came in as a hitchhiker on a shipment of gulf live rock and glows under blue light. I've checked hitchhiker guides, but haven't found a match. Sorry for the bad pictures, they are the clearest I can get.

Thanks for the help!

 

[fishguy242]

hi,rock flower nem??

 

[ssunthar]

Hi all! I've been trying to figure out what this polyp/coral is, but I haven't had much luck. As far as I can tell, it has a mouth but not a skeleton and closes up by folding in half. It came in as a hitchhiker on a shipment of gulf live rock and glows under blue light. I've checked hitchhiker guides, but haven't found a match. Sorry for the bad pictures, they are the clearest I can get.

Thanks for the help!

Cant really tell from the pic.. but, please check if they are aiptasia.. if so, please try to get it out of your system.

 

[ccole]

It definitely isn't aiptasia. Way too orange and it doesn't have the long tentacles. I thought maybe RFA but I've never seen one this small (it's approximately the size of a zoanthid). I did get some Aptasia though haha.

 

[ssunthar]

It definitely isn't aiptasia. Way too orange and it doesn't have the long tentacles. I thought maybe RFA but I've never seen one this small (it's approximately the size of a zoanthid). I did get some Aptasia though haha.

Does look like a baby rock flower nem like @fishguy242 said... might be your luck day.

 

[ccole]

Does look like a baby rock flower nem like @fishguy242 said... might be your luck day.

I hope so! That would be the best case scenario.