need help w/ anenome in tank

pballer · 09-09-2006, 03:59 PM

yea im just starting up my new tank(12g nano cube dx for my desk at college) and the local pet store is not so great so i had my dad send me up a few things. I got the live rock and some celerpura(yea i prob butchered the spelling.) I noticed in the bags of celerp there was some red worms like things which i was told were fine and i also noticed something atttached to the bag which looked like a really tiny sea anenome. So i thought o cool a free anenome and i put it in. It attached itself to the celerp and i have been monitiring in the paast few days. However this morning i was looking at it and it appered like it tripled in size(o yea i have no idea wat kind it is. and its still only like a cm in diameter) i show it to my friend and he looks in the tank and is like dude u got 2. Im say wtf and look and there was. I decide to do some investing in the tank and discover there are about 8 or 9. Now i start to panic b/c i dont know if it came w/ 8 or 9 or they are just reproducing like crazy and if they are reproducing like crazy will they take over my tank. So i was wondering if anyone knows what i should do. It appears to be that the anenomes have brownish marron or brownish orange tenticalles w/ bulb like things at the tips. thanks in advance

abigtroutt · 09-09-2006, 05:35 PM

Pballer... First A Big Welcome to TRT.!!!!!!!

do they look like this??

or

If they are ....
These aren't pets that people take care of, but pests that infest some reef tanks. Certain butterflyfish, angelfish, crabs and shrimp will eat them.

Geoff · 09-09-2006, 07:57 PM

Welcome to TRT!!

if they do not look like the ones pictured above, than they could also be mojano anemones. sorry do not have a pic, but if you do a search for mojano you will find pics. the bulb tips make me think mojano instead of aiptasia.

G~

pballer · 09-09-2006, 08:07 PM

thanks a lot for the warm welcome i those werent it i think but i took a look at the pics on google of the mojano and it was similar in shape but mine are a lot more darker almost a purplish brown im working on getting a camera
this is wat the shape looks like(not the color or actually it)
http://www.saltvannsakvariet.no/pest%20anemoner.jpg
thanks again for welcome and support

pballer · 09-10-2006, 02:41 PM

this is a pic of 1 of them

jennmac415 · 09-10-2006, 04:30 PM

Yep majano.... they multiply but maybe not as fast as aptaisia... I have quite a few in my tank right now... most people say that kalk paste or joes juice with kill them, but I have found that both of those only seem to kill them and then they come back even more...so far I have not found a fool proof way to get rid of them....

Loverotties · 09-10-2006, 05:03 PM

Joes juice!

pballer · 09-10-2006, 07:24 PM

so do you think that these will be a problem and i have to remove them and will they get big

Geoff · 09-10-2006, 08:20 PM

Joe's Juice is a great product for removing aiptasia and mojano.

G~