Say it isn't so!

[Zerc]

I have a feeling I know what this is, I just hope I am wrong.

It is the only one I have found... I found it when I lifted up a bunch of rocks to put in my new refugium.

 

[IPisces]

Yeah, you know what that is!

 

[Zerc]

:yuk:

my peppermint shrimp are fired.

 

[Zerc]

Will drying it out kill it? I found the source...

2 months ago I got a nice piece of tonga branch off of CL. it was totally purple and clean. I just turned it over to the white side and it is covered.... sigh. I guess I can empty the fish out of the tank and just starve it to death?

 

[IPisces]

????? why take the fish out????

Can you get the rock out? If you can get the rock out, there is a number of things you can do.
You cant starve those things in the tank. They multiply when they touch saltwater.

 

[jezzeaepi]

Looks like a harmless cup coral to me.

 

[iroll253]

I cant tell if thats a strawberry anemone or a nudi branch fill me in here!

 

[IPisces]

Looks like a harmless cup coral to me.

You know, you're right. Looking a littel closer, it does look more like coral tentacles.

Do you have a pic of the other rock you said was covered in them?

 

[Zerc]

Sure, let me get one.

 

[extremecoral]

Checking its mouth, if it is red/pink mouth then it is strawberry anemone, lives in the shaded area. I used to have those before, totally harmless, it is just a normal anemone. The green mojano is the one you should worry about, spreading 100x...

 

[Zerc]

 

[Zerc]

I am going to move the first rock closer to the glass and get a bigger pic, my clown is going to bite me...

By taking the fish out, I meant move them to my 75 early, maybe in a week. My ammonia readings already dropped to 0! (not brave enough to test nitrites yet)

 

[Zerc]

 

[jezzeaepi]

The one in the top two pictures in post 11 looks like an aptasia. Can't tell on the rest.

 

[jezzeaepi]

The top pic in post 13 is a cup coral.

 

[IPisces]

The top pic in post 13 is a cup coral.

Do you have examples of this cup coral?

They still look like anemones to me.
I would bet you could pick them off the rock. Have you tried that?

 

[Zerc]

Nope, scared to touch them. I heard when they get touched they let loose hundreds of spores or w/e it is they lay.

 

[Zerc]

Devonshire cup coral videos, photos and facts - Caryophyllia smithii - ARKive

maybe this?

 

[jezzeaepi]

Here is one: Melevsreef.com - Cup Coral
If you google clear cup coral you can find a few more in the image search.
edit: and so is the link above

Aptasia have tentacles that are tapered to a point.
Cup coral have tentacles that are slightly tapered, but have a white ball on the end. They also produce hard skeleton, though sometimes the polyps will bail out and move.

 

[Zerc]

I see, so aiptasia do not have white balls on the end?