Unknown coral...

[James_O]

Need a little help with this one! Sorry it’s closed up... any ideas?

Also, I think I may have got a rather nasty invasive pest anemone..?

(It’s near the bottom of the rock)

 

[James_O]

When it’s open, it’s like one big circular “pedal” if that helps any.

 

[Deyan]

By the size of polyp... I think Grandis paly.. post once open!

 

[James_O]

By the size of polyp... I think Grandis paly.. post once open!

It looks very similar to that! Guess we won’t know for sure until it opens up eh? ;) :p

I’m cautious about adding it to my tank, because of the suspected pest anemone. What are your thoughts on this?

Sorry for the bad pictures, the frag is still in the bag:

 

[NashobaTek]

Looks like aptaisia

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Agree with all of the above

 

[Deyan]

Get rid of pest.. chip off the ugly rock

 

[Deyan]

Id get rid of that rock too lol

 

[James_O]

Sort of starting to open up:

Looks like aptaisia

Should I try to remove it/kill it? Is it dangerous? It’s kind of pretty...

 

[James_O]

Get rid of pest.. chip off the ugly rock

I kind of like the rock actually, lol. It’s a good change from the frag stones they usually use. ;Cat

 

[NashobaTek]

Sort of starting to open up:

Should I try to remove it/kill it? Is it dangerous? It’s kind of pretty...

Well aptaisia are considered a pest and they will take over the tank. It's up to you if you want to deal with it all the time. I don't have any in my tank for the simple reason I don't want to have a invasive nem.

 

[Udest]

That's a paly of some sort I can tell ya that much , grow it out some where you might have bagged something interesting.

 

[James_O]

Well aptaisia are considered a pest and they will take over the tank. It's up to you if you want to deal with it all the time. I don't have any in my tank for the simple reason I don't want to have a invasive nem.

But it’s not necessarily dangerous for my fish/other corals is it?

I might leave it... I don’t know yet.

 

[James_O]

That's a paly of some sort I can tell ya that much , grow it out some where you might have bagged something interesting.

Was $30 too, hope I didn’t get ripped off?

 

[NashobaTek]

But it’s not necessarily dangerous for my fish/other corals is it?

I might leave it... I don’t know yet.

Not that I know of, lol just a pest nem

 

[Udest]

From the looks of what I could see you might have gotten a palythoa grandma judging by shape and color

 

[Udest]

Palythoa grandis my bad autocorrect is messing with me.

 

[count krunk]

Kill that pest anemone. It will spread and spread and sting anything it touches

 

[Udest]

I do see to the right of the coral though looks like an aptasia is there is take care of that by getting a red hot nail and jamming it down it's hole.

 

[James_O]

Kill that pest anemone. It will spread and spread and sting anything it touches

So it is dangerous!?

I do see to the right of the coral though looks like an aptasia is there is take care of that by getting a red hot nail and jamming it down it's hole.

Is there any less... hot way I could get rid of it? ;Cold

Haven’t added it in the tank yet, because of the aptasia. I will keep it in the bag until I figure out if I should kill it or not.