Seed rock hitchhiker.

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

Just grabbed a small seed rock from my LFS. Not sure what this is. LFS said its not aiptasia but im very skeptical. I trust the guy but... I super paranoid of my brand new tank. Can anyone ID? Its got a VERY slight green tinge to it, ends of the tentacles have a white tip. If i need to I can pull the rock with ease and do whatever is best to rid it if i need to. If not... it can try to survive the cycle :)

http://imgur.com/D9dE82l

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

I'm not seeing the picture :(

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

Dahni said:
I'm not seeing the picture :(

Just fixed the link!

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

I almost wonder if its a duncan? Obviously very stressed but... idk he did think it may be some sort of LPS.

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

Wow...looks like translucent aiptasia to me

N4sty T4te · Mar 29, 2017

Not sure what that is, but I'd pull the rock out without question ASAP. Not worth the risk.

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

Yea..better safe than sorry

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

How would i kill it effectively without wasting away all the goodness of the seed rock.

Maritimer · Mar 29, 2017

Does not look like Aiptasia to me at all.

Possibly a hidden-cup coral or something similar.

~Bruce

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

Inject it with Kalk, lemon juice or boiling water

N4sty T4te · Mar 29, 2017

Jakemac said:
How would i kill it effectively without wasting away all the goodness of the seed rock.

Pull the rock. That's my advice. Buy another $15 one and don't risk it.

You can try and kill it off, but some of those little anemones are extremely small. You don't see them, they move to the other rocks. Then you've got a much harder problem to solve.

A $15 one minute fix now, could end up being a hundred dollar 3 month battle later. It definitely looks like some type of anemone to me. I'm not expert. I used only dry rock, and seeded only what I wanted in the system. I.E. coraline scrapings, worms, pods, bottled bacteria.

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

Maritimer said:
Does not look like Aiptasia to me at all.

Possibly a hidden-cup coral or something similar.

~Bruce

I think you may be right. After crawling on the ground to get a really good look at it. Pulsing my powerhead to get it to move. It looks like there is an LPS skeleton right next to it. Also it shrunk almost 2x its size when it was moved and now is HUGE probably the size of a nickel. It does seem to look like this: http://imgur.com/ymMyWg8 from a few angles. Cant see any skeleton from where its coming from but the thing i circled looks nothing like a foot. Almost reminds me of a polyp.

Should i remove it? I mean i really dont want to waste this live rock. If i can just take the rock out, grab some tweezers and pull it to death in a salt bucket, rinse it really good then put it back in. Id do it. Im not looking to have this coral in my take on purpose so...

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

I agree Bruce...it could be a hidden cup , not positive though...
When in doubt whip it out

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

That picture definitely looks like a hidden-cup coral!!

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

This is from my googles search after getting the name hidden cup and its a perfect match.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2104305

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

Dahni said:
That picture definitely looks like a hidden-cup coral!!

Yea its off the web but it explained what i saw when i messed with mine.

Dahni · Mar 29, 2017

Well there you go...sounds like a keeper. I'd probably keep that rock a couple of inches away from main aquascape. ..just saying

Jakemac · Mar 29, 2017

Maritimer said:
Does not look like Aiptasia to me at all.

Possibly a hidden-cup coral or something similar.

~Bruce

Thank you Bruce. I tapped it a few times with a net and it closed up. Tapped on it some more. Moved the meat off to the side and there was the LPS skeleton. dang either my LFS is on his game or just really... really.... lucky guess.