Parasite or not?

[Eric]

I have a 39 gallon tank which has been running for 4 months. The live rock that I put in there came from a very established tank and had lots of coralline and other life (mini feather dusters, mini starfish, and tons of other cool stuff). I have noticed of late that these little purple organisms have been popping up EVERYWHERE! They look like little anemones with bubble tips and are about 1/2 an inch across. I thought it was cool at first, but no they have started appearing on my coral frags and zooanthid colonies.

I am wondering if I should be concerned about these creatures… and if so, what should I do?

Thanks


**I know a picture would make answering my question much easier, but at this moment that is not possible. I always get blurry pictures anyways… If I can not get an answer I will try to post a pic after the holiday.

 

[Brenden]

sound like majano anemones. They are pest and will take over your tank if not controlled. A pic is needed for def identification. Hot (boiling) water and a turkey baster will kill them. Also joes juice will work. Get positive identification before you do anything but since you say they are spreading everywhere my guess is prob right.

 

[returnofsid]

Sounds like "tulip anemones" or possibly "Majeno Anemone" but from the colors you've described, I'd guess Tulip. I don't know how harmful they are but I do believe they are somewhat of a nuisance anemone. Do a search for nuisance anemones and see if you can find any pics that match.

 

[Eric]

I found a picture of what has been popping up in my tank. Are these majono anemones? I googled pics and these dont look like all of the pictures of identified majano anemones.

Also, if I were to get rid of them using the boiling water via a turkey baster what should I do about the anemones that have grown in my candy cane colony and my zoanthid colony? I am assuming the hot watter will hurt them too.

Thanks!

 

[steve-s]

Anemonia cf majano is the most likely but I wouldn't rule out an Edwardsia species.

For the hot water problem, do you have any old titration test kits? The dropper tubes in those work fine. You can also look into a product called Joe's Juice.