What did I get with my "clean" Chaeto?

matthias_bln · May 7, 2020

Hello fellow reefers,

Really no idea what this is - just pulled it out. Any clue?

Thanks!
Matthias

Chefwheredyougo · May 7, 2020

Kind of looks like an anemone..

Macdaddynick1 · May 7, 2020

Looks like mojano

StatelineReefer · May 7, 2020

Closed up nem... keep it under light and take a picture of it when it's not drawn in... foot hints that it's not a mojano, but the size tells me it's either the smallest split ever, or very, very irritated

matthias_bln · May 7, 2020

Okay, thank you! I’ll put it in the quarantine tank and will watch what happens..

Silver14SS · May 8, 2020

Was this from a vendor or individual?

Jeff Myers · May 8, 2020

Where did you get the "clean" Chaeto?

matthias_bln · May 8, 2020

This came straight from Algaebarn. Discovered it an hour after putting the Chaeto into an otherwise completely empty (new) refugium.

Chefwheredyougo · May 8, 2020

Has the anemone opened for you to figure out what it is yet? Could be an awesome freebie. I understand not wanting it, when you were expecting nothing but chaeto from a reputable source

matthias_bln · May 8, 2020

Chefwheredyougo said:
Has the anemone opened for you to figure out what it is yet? Could be an awesome freebie. I understand not wanting it, when you were expecting nothing but chaeto from a reputable source

Lights are slowly coming on in my Coral QT in the next hour. I will get a better look then.

Silver14SS · May 8, 2020

matthias_bln said:
This came straight from Algaebarn. Discovered it an hour after putting the Chaeto into an otherwise completely empty (new) refugium.

Thank you for sharing! @AlgaeBarn may be interested in hearing from you :)

matthias_bln · May 8, 2020

Here's the guy.. Is that... Aiptasia?

*** EDIT 1:22 PM PST ***
I pulled out the Aiptasia and do not believe that's what I got from AlgaeBarn. The Aiptasia was too small compared with what I put in last night. However, still no luck finding what it was. It disappeared into the vast aquascape in the QT.. (haha). I'll report back in case it shows itself..
***

Silver14SS · May 8, 2020

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/cnidaria/anthozoa/aiptasia/aiptasia.htm
Sure looks like it :(

piranhaman00 · May 8, 2020

THe first picture and this last one are of the same nem? Looks much different. Looks like aiptasia ys.

Chefwheredyougo · May 8, 2020

Yeah the first pic looks like a much bigger nem. Thats definitely aptasia though

matthias_bln · May 8, 2020

I put the nem into the Coral QT tank last night into a cup with slits. This morning the nem was gone from the cup and about two inches away on the glass this showed up. I am looking at my Coral QT every day pretty intensely to see what's going on with the QT corals and I did not see any aiptasia yesterday.

Could it be a coincidence and the nem from the Chaeo is somewhere else in the 20g tank? Remotely possible. But likely?

*** EDIT 1:22 PM PST ***
I pulled out the Aiptasia and do not believe that's what I got from AlgaeBarn. The Aiptasia was too small compared with what I put in last night. However, still no luck finding what it was. It disappeared into the vast aquascape in the QT.. (haha). I'll report back in case it shows itself..
***

matthias_bln · May 8, 2020

I will keep looking throughout the day though. However I don't feel good about it and don't know whether I should pull the Chaeto from the DT refugium..