Here is the answer we got on what these are...
These appear to have an underlying (calcareous) skeleton... I suspect they
are either single polyp Dendrophylliids or Rhizangiids... Please see the
Net and WWM re. Please see here: http://wetwebmedia.com/dendroidfaqs.htm
We have set up our new 125 gallon tank and put the live rock in on Sunday. (The rock was good and we have no ammonia or nitrates). We had a number of critters attached or living in the rock. We have a large snail that dives into the sand and 2 kinds of starfish. Several colors of alegae. We also have a number of anemones attached to 2 rocks. The owner of Granite aquatics and one of his knowledgeable customers were not sure what they were but did not think there were Aiptasia. They do not string (both the owner and my husband did not get stung). It is difficult to get a good photo because they blend in and have almost clear tentacles. They are brownish/tan at the base. It is a wide base. The tentacles and clear with white spots and small white rounded tips (thing the plastic end of a sewing pin). I found a site with a good image, but he thinks they are plumed anemones, but when I looked those up they did not look anything like that.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ODUGlGhaapI/SlrX1TanSkI/AAAAAAAAM84/HIpzMY-Yzqg/s400/Anemone%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bedge.JPG&imgrefurl=http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2009/07/underwater-kitten-and-wandering.html&usg=__fbNKK4HiZnmyprU-1MdTTk-JLqU=&h=320&w=400&sz=34&hl=en&start=72&um=1&tbnid=bTDmDdAzRnMcfM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danemone%2Bphotos%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26sa%3DN%26start%3D60%26um%3D1
Since we are newbies, we do not want to have to clean out a pest later, but can't figure out what these are. Please help!
Thanks,
Nicki and Daryl
These appear to have an underlying (calcareous) skeleton... I suspect they
are either single polyp Dendrophylliids or Rhizangiids... Please see the
Net and WWM re. Please see here: http://wetwebmedia.com/dendroidfaqs.htm
We have set up our new 125 gallon tank and put the live rock in on Sunday. (The rock was good and we have no ammonia or nitrates). We had a number of critters attached or living in the rock. We have a large snail that dives into the sand and 2 kinds of starfish. Several colors of alegae. We also have a number of anemones attached to 2 rocks. The owner of Granite aquatics and one of his knowledgeable customers were not sure what they were but did not think there were Aiptasia. They do not string (both the owner and my husband did not get stung). It is difficult to get a good photo because they blend in and have almost clear tentacles. They are brownish/tan at the base. It is a wide base. The tentacles and clear with white spots and small white rounded tips (thing the plastic end of a sewing pin). I found a site with a good image, but he thinks they are plumed anemones, but when I looked those up they did not look anything like that.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ODUGlGhaapI/SlrX1TanSkI/AAAAAAAAM84/HIpzMY-Yzqg/s400/Anemone%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bedge.JPG&imgrefurl=http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2009/07/underwater-kitten-and-wandering.html&usg=__fbNKK4HiZnmyprU-1MdTTk-JLqU=&h=320&w=400&sz=34&hl=en&start=72&um=1&tbnid=bTDmDdAzRnMcfM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danemone%2Bphotos%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26sa%3DN%26start%3D60%26um%3D1
Since we are newbies, we do not want to have to clean out a pest later, but can't figure out what these are. Please help!
Thanks,
Nicki and Daryl