My zoanthid is a anemone!!?

[BellaGabriella]

UGHH :irked:. while shopping at a LFS i stumbled upon what i thought to be a really funky, pretty, different looking "zoa". Nice sized polyp, Bright green center, pink speckled semi long skirt. I was in love, never seen any that looked like this. There were 2 of them on a rock nestled in between some regular standard zoas. guy cut the rock in about half leaving me with the two i wanted and a handful of the regular zoas.
LONGGG story short. I get the rock home, go on about trying to frag off just 1 of the specific "zoas" i liked to put on a frag plug... glued it on and watched it open so pretty about 2 min later. happly went down stairs, ate dinner blah blah blah... when i came back up i looked at my new frag plug and the polyp has moved!! confused... i poked at it with my long tongs and it floated off the plug, panicking i stuck my hand in the tank and caught it and it stuckkkk to my hand like a nem!!! sooooo i put it in my little h.o anemone tank thing'a'bob i got going on and sure enough it stuck to the bottom.
i tried to get a photo i have 2 really crappy ones. can anyone id this?? ill try for better photos tomorrow or Thursday.

obviously its the tiny little one in the center and not the red one in the back im talking about​

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[Josh]

It's a pizza or rock anemone.

 

[jdnumis]

Try to glue it back to the plug. Looks like a shriveled nuclear green polyp or dragon eye

 

[BellaGabriella]

its not a zoanthid, its 100% anemone, its moving around the nem tank. i just don't know what kind, good or bad. its super tiny. and i murdered the other one that was still attached to the rock :sad2: i need to get a better picture when i can, hopefully it doesn't escape.

 

[NL146]

its not a zoanthid, its 100% anemone, its moving around the nem tank. i just don't know what kind, good or bad. its super tiny. and i murdered the other one that was still attached to the rock :sad2: i need to get a better picture when i can, hopefully it doesn't escape.

Escape?

 

[BellaGabriella]

....from the small. Hang on back. Anemone tank. I put it in.

It has small random holes in it so water can pass threw but my rock nems won't be able to get out, this small guy is deff tiny enough to get threw.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Zoanthids are in the anemone family :sigh:

 

[Imbarrie]

+1 Rock anemone.
I have two of them, one red and one green, and they are cool.
Mine are on the sand and stay put, never moving but I hear they will if they want.
When they get big enough you can get a porcelain crab.

 

[Rob&Gab]

shes not talking about the big red rock anemone. shes talking about the little quarter inch little anemone rite dead center of the picture. we think it might be a (Majano anemone). and she doesn't no if there good or bad for her tank.

do rock anemones hang out in between a cluster of Zoanthids on a rock ??

 

[KathyC]

Majano's...
http://www.google.com/search?q=maja...bq0AGh4oDQBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=752

Since it's tough to tell from the pics posted, easier if you tell us.
If it is a majano..it needs to go.

 

[KathyC]

do rock anemones hang out in between a cluster of Zoanthids on a rock ??

Yes, they definitely can.

 

[Imbarrie]

My rock nems.
The green one is just like yours.
The red one buds off and I find the small buds sometimes and they are zoa sized replicas of the larger nem.

 

[BellaGabriella]

That one not the red anemone please.

 

[BellaGabriella]

zoanthids are in the anemone family :sigh:

are they reallyyyyyy?????????

 

[BellaGabriella]

Majano's...
http://www.google.com/search?q=maja...bq0AGh4oDQBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=752

Since it's tough to tell from the pics posted, easier if you tell us.
If it is a majano..it needs to go.

It really dosnt look like Any of those majanos. But I'm also REALLY good with rock anemones and I have about 8 in different color formations. This anemone dosnt act like my rock nems it hasn't really stopped moving since I put it in the tank with my anemones.

 

[Imbarrie]

Is it a walking dendro?

 

[BellaGabriella]

Couldn't wait till tomorrow lol here are some better pics.. no i do not believe it is a walking dendro. its about 1/4th of a inch.

 

[fishman1069]

I'd say it's a baby rock nem. It might be moving around alot due to stress

 

[albano]

It might be moving around alot due to stress

+1... Of course it's stressed...Rob is there! Keeps saying "me and my nem"

 

[BellaGabriella]

I'd say it's a baby rock nem. It might be moving around alot due to stress

Well if it watched what I did to its sibling, it should be hella stressed. Tore him apart with metal tongs out of fear it was bad. I noticed it kinda closes like aptasia when I did that though, just like disappeared in a little almost invisible ball.