Weird Nem or some kind of pest?????

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MarcoG

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I found this attached to the underside of my chalice. It's pretty wicked looking. I'm not sure what it is. I edited the colors a little bit to be more realistic.

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I don't know. I'd kill it. Nothing good ever comes from most things like that we've never seen before!

Can you imagine the first mojano?!

"Look at this pretty thing..."
 
@coralreefer wrote:
I don't know. I'd kill it. Nothing good ever comes from most things like that we've never seen before! Can you imagine the first mojano?! "Look at this pretty thing..." said:
hahaha

I don't want to get near it! It looks like it packs a serious punch
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Looks pretty to me , DON'T kill it ! If it's not spreading or moving around it should be okay , looks like a nem to me . Idk , if you are worried about it I guess kill it , or you could put it in a QT tank .
 
It's a ball anemone. I had a bunch of them about 10 years ago on some aquacultured Tampa rock. They are harmless. Least my never spread enough to be a problem. Eventually theY disappeared.
 
hmmm, doesn't look like a ball nem to me. I have those overtaking my tank right now badly & can't find anything to kill them.
 
I turned the chalice over to get a better look at this guy and this is what I saw!!!!!!!! I poked at it (Thanks, Brandon) to see how it would retract. It pulled itself in REALLY FAST.
 
Looks like a Majano to me, super elongated. They do come in the brown variety.
 
@coralreefer wrote:
I don't know. I'd kill it. Nothing good ever comes from most things like that we've never seen before! Can you imagine the first mojano?! "Look at this pretty thing..." said:
Lol. I bought my first piece of mojano. It was neon green and looked awesome.
Paid $40.00 for something I had to take out and trash.
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@MarcoG wrote:
I turned the chalice over to get a better look at this guy and this is what I saw!!!!!!!! I poked at it (Thanks said:
If you don't "off with your head" you should at least put it in qt before outbreak happens. Im gonna bookmark this thread to remind everyone of Day 0.
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Marco, look up Phymanthus genus nems. I'm starting to think it may be a small one. If so, great hitch hiker! Don't get rid of it like they are all telling you. Sushi was right, if we killed everything we didn't know/understand my tank at home would be a lot more boring!!! Most of my cool corals and anemones were hitch hikers originally.

Brandon
 
The tentacles aren't "fuzzy" like those.

I looked at the Telmatactis, and it looks more like those
 
How small is it ? Because I read club tipped nems are small , a little bigger than star polyps , but I don't know how many variations of the species there are . It does look like a club tip to me . But , it sure is pretty ! Maybe if you are worried about it , set up a small aquarium just for it and monitor it for a while . See how it grows , spreads , maybe it will turn out to be a cool find , it sure is a great chance to gather info about something not a lot of people have in their tanks .
 
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