Friendly gift came with some special things

[saltwater-girl]

Our friend that has a saltwater tank gave us a piece of live rock from their tank as they had some extra left over after doing some rearranging...anyway...the piece of rock has some friendly hitchhikers on it that I'm not sure what they are so looking for input if anyone has any...they are pretty whatever they are and really show their stuff at feeding time

Experts...your help is much appreciated...thank you

 

[user 26995]

Take a look here and see if they resemble these in this article. My best bet is that they are majano anemones.

Tribbles, er... Anemonia Majanos

 

[saltwater-girl]

Take a look here and see if they resemble these in this article. My best bet is that they are majano anemones.

Tribbles, er... Anemonia Majanos

They are yellow now...a bright yellow...so not really sure if they are the same. There are quite a few of them on this one rock but they are the 1st things we have in the tank other than fish and a few invertabretes so its a good test to see if anything can actually "grow" in our tank ... LOL

 

[user 26995]

hmmm, bright yellow, huh. The one looks almost like it could be sun coral, but I have never seen individual ones spread out on a rock.

 

[NC2WA]

IF it is Majanos you dont want it in your tank...they are like Apstasia on steriods...they multiple quickly and can take over a tank in no time flat..

can u get a better/close pic?

if it is Majanos I would suggest to remove the live rock and kill every last one of them before you put it back in the tank.

Operative word here, IF.

 

[saltwater-girl]

hmmm, bright yellow, huh. The one looks almost like it could be sun coral, but I have never seen individual ones spread out on a rock.

I did a search on the sun corals as I don't know anything about corals...found this picture which is close to what these little guys look like but they are not big enough yet to be able to see the center part...just the tentacles which are very similar to the ones in this picture...guess I'll give them a little time to mature to see what they are before I decide if I have to get rid of them...knowing my luck they will be the ones that need to be eradicated

sun coral | Project Noah

 

[user 26995]

I hope they are sun corals. They are really pretty corals. If it is, they will need to be fed periodically.
Melevsreef.com - Suncoral

 

[nata]

Looks like sun corals to me too

 

[kevinpo]

Hello,
I believe they are sun corals (Tubastrea there are 6-7 species). They will need to be fed at least 2-3 times a week to do well as they are non-photosynthetic. Small meaty foods such as mysis shrimp or finely ground raw shrimp applied to the extended tentacles will work well.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[saltwater-girl]

Thanks everyone..well...I will hope these little beauties are the fabulous suncorals. I will also have my husband check with. our friend to see if she has any in her tank. I feed mysis shrimp to my fish and noticed these guys opening when feedings were going on. That's when I took those pics last night. Based on the article from Melevsreef, I think I'll try doing a little targeting for them and leaving my pumps off a little longer after feedings.

One problem, if these are suncorals might be my location in the tank. We placed this rock to the end of the pile on a low spot so it is deeper in the tank but that area still gets a good amount of light. Not sure if that placement is the best if the suncorals like "caves".

I'll keep you informed and my fingers crossed.

 

[saltwater-girl]

and I have one other new organism in the tank that I'm not certain what it is. I would appreciate your help with id on this one too. It also comes out at feeding time. I have a couple of rocks with these. They are long, white, stringy things. They will float around for a while and then withdraw back into the rock. Here is a shot of one of the rocks while they are out and about...you can see then in the "center areas" of the picture...there are about three of them on this rock that I could see. These are not nearly as pretty as the yellow guys above...

:noidea:​

 

[Saltwater Stu]

spaghetti worm?

 

[user 26995]

+1 on the spaghetti worms

I dont turn my pumps off when feeding my suncorals. They are pretty strong. The thing you have to watch is your fish will think they are their personal dinning area and take the food away from it. If your feeding the fish at the same time, they may not notice and leave it alone.
You've read that these coral usually come out at night, but just keep feeding them when you feed your fish. They will learn and will be out looking breautiful at least a half hour before feeding time. I have black sun coral and the bright yellow/orange sun corals. They are out about 6:30 every evening. Mine are a different species than what you have. They will do good in the spot you have them.
They do not need to be in dark areas. Put them where you can easily feed them.

 

[chickenofthesea]

I have had these "spagetti worms" in the past, kinda fun to watch, they never caused any issues for me but I am interested in info on these guys too.

 

[pandora32]

I have lots of spaghetti worms. I leave em alone and just think of them as part of my cleanup crew. Just like the little fans growing in your sump or amongst your rocks. They dont bother anything in my tank.

 

[saltwater-girl]

awesome awesome...I thought I might have some problem there...so that's great to know...thanks again everyone ... still learning so much here and still needing too...we've had a nitrate spike in the tank so trying to get that down before we move on further. Have not lost anything because of it and as a matter of fact most everyone is growing...our hermit crabs are moving up to bigger shells, our fire shrimp has shed like 4 times...we did loose the urchin but everyone else seems to be doing fine.

Once we get those nitrates down where would I go to do a little research on which corals to start with in the tank?

Thanks again

 

[pandora32]

In tour browser, just type in begginer corals. What part of the state do you live in? I have some pulsing pink zenia and i could give you a colt coral.

 

[Tuku4u]

I vote Sun corals!! Try feeding them when they open up. =)

 

[Tuku4u]

I have a few colonies of Sun Corals in my tank and they're pretty cool..just a little bit of a pain in the ass to take care of, due to all of the spot feeding you have to do with them. These look exactly like the sun corals I have, just smaller versions. I say feed them and watch them grow, and keep them out of the light. Sun corals do not need any type of light to grow, just meaty foods. Good luck!!

 

[saltwater-girl]

In tour browser, just type in begginer corals. What part of the state do you live in? I have some pulsing pink zenia and i could give you a colt coral.

Thanks Pandora32....I will do just that and we live in the Basin...Ephrata but would be happy to make a trip to your side of the mountains so thank you very much for the offer...we may take you up at some time