| General Reef Discussion In this forum we discuss issues related to keeping marine and reef aquariums in a friendly flame-free environment. |
Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!
02-26-2005, 02:58 AM
|
#1
|
|
Needs a BIGGER tank!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Posts: 732
|
ID Please. Aiptasia??
G'day guys,
Can someone give me an ID on these please. I dont actually think they are aiptasia, i would just like to rule them out. I have attached a pic so you can see them, i am actually thinking they are some kind of polyps but i am unsure. They are about 1/4inch high and maybe 3-4mm across, and they are spreading fast. They are pinkish in colour and seem to be growing on some sort of old polyp skeleton (goniopora or similar) and there are several patches on the rock. They DO NOT grow on the actual rock just these old skeletons, that seemed completely lifeless when i bought the rock. I hope i've given you enough decsription, the pics fairly clear.
|
|
|
|
Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!
|
|
|
|
|
02-26-2005, 07:52 AM
|
#2
|
|
Reef Crazed
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Long Island
Posts: 278
|
I'm not positive , but from what I can see they are some kind of polyp ?
Sorry I can't help more . 
__________________
" No Frag will be Picked Before It's Time" 
|
|
|
|
|
02-26-2005, 07:59 AM
|
#3
|
|
Sodomy non sapiens
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: winder, Georgia USA
Posts: 714
|
they have the same general shape but the ones I've seen have longer tentacles. How fast do they retract when bothered? Aptasia is very fast to retract.
__________________
"Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men." -- George Bernard Shaw my tank
|
|
|
|
|
02-26-2005, 09:08 AM
|
#4
|
|
Wants a Howitzer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,934
|
they don't look like the aiptasia i normally see around....
maybe some type of button polyp that is either a really light color naturally, or some that have been in a dark spot for a long time....
those ones seem to be doing a colony thing...
__________________
30 gallon (long)
one 7" Toadfish named Todd (Batrachomoeus trispinosus)- Tuxedo urchin eater
Assorted mushrooms, zoanthids, ricordea, leathers, a candy and brains...
|
|
|
|
02-26-2005, 09:21 AM
|
#5
|
|
I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 25,604
|
I agree with Joefish and Icebear Some kind of button polyp.
|
|
|
|
|
02-26-2005, 11:26 AM
|
#6
|
|
Admin/ Super mod
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
Posts: 20,290
|
aussie can you get a top down picture?
__________________
Tim
need something to read? just ask me.
|
|
|
|
|
02-27-2005, 12:23 AM
|
#7
|
|
Needs a BIGGER tank!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Posts: 732
|
Sorry tim i cant get a top down pic, they are in a really bad place for pics. I noticed since i posted that they are all joined and they dont really have tentacles so to speak. I am now 95% sure that they are some kind of polyp, i just dont know what kind. Reasons for thinking they are some kind of polyp, they dont look like any aiptasia i have seen really, they dont retract quickley when annoyed and the majority of wonderful TRT people who replied to this thread agree that they are some kind of polyps.
Thanks guys your wonderful.
|
|
|
|
|
02-27-2005, 01:54 AM
|
#8
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
Posts: 22,026
|
I vote for buttons as well but the picure should be clearer to be sure
__________________
When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
|
|
|
|
|
BB 60g reef, LPS & Softies,30gsump/fuge
