Crazy!?!

[epidemic]

So I was checking out some frags I got form Jake right before I went to bed last night and I noticed something crazy. As I was hunched over, forehead nearly touching the glass, I noticed a large astrea snail slither by. It had a RBTA stuck to its shell. The anemone had a foot that was about the diameter of a dime. First it surprised me that my anemone wouyld split after having split like 2 months ago. Second it was on a snail! I took a few pics, but didn't get to upload them before work. The anemone that split wasn't healed all the way yet from the last split. It took a little damage when I moved it, so I am sure it split because of stress.
At first I flipped the sanil in the sand because I didn't want it crawling over corals and stinging them with the anemone, but then I felt bad just killinmg it so I put it upright and watched it slither off. I saw the anemone this morning and it was stuck to a rock near the top of the tank.
Crazy!
Derek

[ZEKESTER]

very very cool cant wait to see pics!

[Loverotties]

Can't Waite either. Amazing the snail stayed there till it moved on.

[Energy]

Are you sure it's not a majano? These are pest anemones that look very much like tiny BTA's. The multiply like aptasia and not much(including cbb and peppermint shrimp) eat it.

[epidemic]

It's is definately a RBTA. The tentacles had bubles and I have never had a manjo.
Energy... I heard you have a bass @$$ system. I see you live in mendota height,I live in west saint paul now. I'd like to check it out some time.
Derek

[David Grigor]

Derek, Majano has the bubbles too, usuallly they have an attractive green flouresce to them, if your is red/orange then likely not as I haven't seen a majano that color. They usually hitch hike on LR and like Stan mentions can become a plague proportions with no known way to control other than Jerry's favorite flame torch method.....

[epidemic]

It is bright red, and on of my rbta has a little chunck missing.

[ZEKESTER]

pics yet? I want to see the little guy

[Burchoid]

I didn't think a split off RBTA could be that small ... majano!!

[epidemic]

BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will post a pic tomorrow

[epidemic]

Smeese knows about this strain. ask him how small they split!

[smeese]

Yeah they actually do pop off little guys. I am sure it is a rose, besides Derek has not really had any aiptasia/majano in his tank. Even if it was not a RBTA it is not worth arguing over. Derek...when are you coming over?