Tiny anemone id please

Katrina71 · Sep 21, 2018

NanoCrazed said:
Better coloring on the BW and AZ photo

And let's not forget this lil guy while we're at it.... (mwahahah)

You are evil. I knew I liked you!

Katrina71 · Sep 21, 2018

@BoSalman what kind of lightning do you have?

reef lover · Sep 21, 2018

Looks like a lil bubble tip.to me score!!

NanoCrazed · Sep 21, 2018

Katrina71 said:
You are evil. I knew I liked you!

hahah... feeling is mutual!

BoSalman · Sep 21, 2018

Katrina71 said:
@BoSalman what kind of lightning do you have?

Kessil AP700 (single) about 13" above water level

NanoCrazed · Sep 21, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
Not to be a party pooper, but it could be a Mojano. They are related to and often look like small BTA. Mojano can be beautiful, but multiply very rapidly and will sting corals.

@Amoo @DeniseAndy @davocean @MSB123 @gig 'em any thoughts here?

BTW, I keep a pest tank full of majanos (of all varieties), aiptasia, and tulip anemones. So, can say with certainty, OP's surprise is not any of these.

For education purposes... majanos will have banded tentacles typically but not a colored tip. However, OP's hitchhiker has pink\purple tips and also exhibit an acid wash patternnig on the tentacles and bulb. Plus, the bulb shape is more consistent with GBTAs.

Now -- if anyone wants to see a beautiful "baby" nem (ahem, @Katrina71 ) -- check out the tulip nem in my profile pic. under blues, it's bright green with laser red tips. Great for FOWLRs, less stellar for reef tanks. heh.

Katrina71 · Sep 21, 2018

Beautiful little guy. Thank you for sharing!

BoSalman · Sep 21, 2018

MSB123 said:
Looks like a BTA.

That's what i liked to read! Thanks.

Katrina71 said:
I'd like to thank you for my now frantic search for a baby nem!

You should! I really love them but never had a chance to find one here.. just got lucky at once i guess

gig 'em said:
The size and bubbled tips do look like a mojano to me, but the speckling looks to me like a BTA. I’ll put my money on a BTA, but it’s very hard to tell. One way is to just keep feeding it mysis and see if it grows larger. If all it does is split into another one then it may be time to start getting it out of the tank. Fingers crossed that it’s a BTA hitchhiker!

That's what i'm planning to do, i will keep taking good care of it, and watch for any unusual action ;Bookworm

NanoCrazed said:
That is an acid wash green BTA baby... congrats!!

All I ever get hitchhike on my stuff are flat worms, aiptasia, or isopods... sigh

I really hope it is a GBTA! Any BTA would do for me honestly since i had no option in rhe first place, not to mention that it came here untoniced

BoSalman · Sep 21, 2018

NanoCrazed said:
Better coloring on the BW and AZ photo

And let's not forget this lil guy while we're at it.... (mwahahah)

Those are some sharp looking bta's you have!

Katrina71 · Sep 21, 2018

You know I'm blaming you guys for my next purchase!

BoSalman · Sep 21, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
Definitely an anemone. May be too big for Mojano, but hopefully some others will chime in. I should add @KJ too.

Thank you for the tags and help! That saved my day, now just waiting and hoping to confirm it again in a week or two, it is showing new growth on the sides so i will keep feeding and watching.. will update soon!

NanoCrazed · Sep 21, 2018

BoSalman said:
Those are some sharp looking bta's you have!

thanks!

And just for a bit more eye candy...

Plus, these baddies...

DeniseAndy · Sep 21, 2018

Been gone a while. Hate sickness. It is a baby bta in my opinion. Very pretty. Looks exactly like one of mine except color. Make sure you get some food in it. It will grow nicely from there.

BoSalman · Sep 21, 2018

DeniseAndy said:
Been gone a while. Hate sickness. It is a baby bta in my opinion. Very pretty. Looks exactly like one of mine except color. Make sure you get some food in it. It will grow nicely from there.

Glad to have you back! Thanks for confirming this. I will indeed take good care of it and see how it grows out