Purple something, I don't know what it was...

[Anonymous]

and it's killing me :lol: . Today I was in a part of town I don't normally get to, and stopped by a LFS of rotten reputation because, well because you never know, right? Might get lucky. :wink:

Anyway, in one of the tanks that had and I am NOT KIDDING seahorses, a sand shark, gobies of some type, tons of adult brine shrimp and various hermit crabs I see growing out of the CC substrate some type of anemone/polyp that I have never seen before.

It was about the diameter of a ball point pen and similarly shaped, growing out of the substate 1.5 inches, a deep purple amost black color with a short fringe of tenticles around an oral opening. It had caught a brine shrimp and was stuffing it down so whatever it is, it eats. It didn't appear to have a skeleton at all.


The teens working there had no clue, go figure LOL. Anybody have any thoughts as to what it was? The tanks are all on a central system, so it could have settled there from another display tank.

 

[Anonymous]

Could it have been a small tube anemone?

 

[Anonymous]

It didn't seem to have formed a tube or any sort, but the substrate was deep and the glass pretty awful.

I googled for images, this is about the right color...

hmmm.....aaaw if it's a tube anemone, it'd out grow the nano

 

[Anonymous]

They lose their tube in transport sometimes and some people remove the tube if it is in rough shape. I have seen some very pretty ones.

 

[Anonymous]

:?:

 

[Anonymous]

:lol:

I think Carl may have found it!

 

[Anonymous]

:lol: THAT'S IT!!!!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

I have a hitchiker anemone that extends up out of the sand with shorter tentacles than the cerianthus. It is blackish in color, and hardly appears to move unless I brush against it and it retracts super fast, FWIW.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm just debating as to whether or not I should take a chance on it. It's small now, but would need much more room if it is a tube anemone.

 

[WRASSER]

Some tube anemones dont have a tube like sructure. They look more like aptasia. We have a lot down here in FL. Was there any kind of rock in the tank it was being held in?

 

[Anonymous]

Some tube anemones dont have a tube like sructure. They look more like aptasia. We have a lot down here in FL. Was there any kind of rock in the tank it was being held in?

No rock at all, just crushed calcium substrate but it may have had a tube below the surface. I am STILL trying to decide if I should go back...

 

[Anonymous]

Well I went and did it, went back to the store and the gal there gave the tube anemone to me because "she didn't think it was worth anything". It has a beautiful purple body, and a bright blue mouth. It's going into the nano for sure but I'll have to plan for a larger space for later on I think.

I also picked up a sad looking porites/Christmas tree rock for $5.00 that may or may not make it...

Sorry, this is the best pic I could get.

 

[Anonymous]

Try again, I wanna see that!

 

[Anonymous]

I have a crap digi camara Dan, but a pretty decent 35 mm...what film speed would you recommend? I was thinking I'd try it that way, then scan it into my pc. It'll take a day or two three though LOL.

To give you an idea of how small this thing is, here's an extreamly bad shot of it on my palm.

 

[Anonymous]

That's coo,l Tracy. I can't see it very well but I hope all goes well with it.