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Hitchhiker IDs 8/15/15
Hello.
<Sarah>
I am needing an identification on two hitch-hikers that have made their way into
my tank.
The anemone? looking thing appears to be multiplying.
There is a smaller one beside it now. I am wondering if this IS an anemone or
some other type of coral that resembles an anemone?
<Mmm; yes; appears to be a Pseudocorynactis... a Corallimorpharian.... can be
trouble... stinging other life. Most folks treat as a pest and remove them. See
WWM Re>
It is clear with white bulbs on the ends of its fingers with a green inner
“core”. Its “mouth” area is different than any anemone I’ve ever seen. Can you
help with an ID for it? I’m most interested if it will harm my seahorses. This
is in a hippocampus erectus tank.
<Will eat your Horses in time>
The second thing is (only one picture) is pink and has pores like there will be
polyps that will come out of it. It is soft but has an underlying structure.
<Mmmm>
This has only been in my tank 24 hours now. I am wondering if this is some sort
of toadstool? It goes down to a V shape that I glued to a small rock then buried
it in the sand.
<Is this... a Renilla?>
Thanks,
Sarah
<Welcome. Bob Fenner>
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Mystery 'Shrooms - 01/03/2006 Hello,
<Hi.> I've been reading your website for a while and finally
have a question/observation for you. <Okay.> I have
two types of mushrooms in my tank. The first are deep maroon
purple with bumpy surface and frilled edge. The second are a
red and very pale blue fading to cream at center with a thicker flesh
and an even bumpier surface. Today I conveniently noticed
that both specimens were placed so that a large magnifying glass would
correctly focus on them. The first mushroom have finger like
tentacles that make up the frilly edge and they are in a repeating
pattern of 3 , 2 short 1 longer almost like an old roman
trident. The other mushrooms have bulbous thumb-like
tentacles making up it frilly edge. Any idea as to genus and
or species? <Sounds like some type of Ricordea sp. or Rhodactis sp.
'Shrooms, your observations and descriptions were very astute but
alas, a pic. is necessary for exact/proper identification. Sorry I
could not be of more help, Adam J.>
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Mushroom ID 11/14/05 Hello, Just
wondering if you could give me a Idea on this Mushroom. species and
Scientific. Thanks Terry <An Actinodiscus species of some sort:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm.
Bob Fenner> |
Invert id 9/5/05 Hey guys.. quick question.. I was
searching the coral i.d. <Not a coral...> and could not
find this coral I now have in my tank due to a friend of mine
moving, could you please tell me what it is?... <Please see
here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm and the linked
files at top> thanks (pic attached) also I just finished
placing my xenias, flower pot feather duster and leather
(toadstool) around my tank... could you take a look at my pic
and tell me if they are placed ok? <Not shown... but there are
placement, Compatibility files on all these on WWM...>
the feather duster is kind of touching the pulsing xenia, and
suggestion from such a fine crew is Always appreciated!
Thanks
Paul
<Read my friend... read. Bob Fenner> |
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Pink ribbon mushroom? 8/14/05 I purchased a
"pink ribbon mushroom" from a local dealer
recently. I only bought a single mushroom because I
had never heard of it before <Me neither...> and it is not
in ANY of my invert books. Can you please identify
this creature? <Can't actually make out much of anything
on the pic you sent... do you have something larger, more in
focus?> Thank you very much. By the way- I have
moved my carpet anemone and it is doing great and the Sebae is
actually getting much better too after I adjusted its
diet. It is about 2-3 inches across and is in the
middle of splitting. Sorry about the quality of the
picture. This is the actual color. Thank you for your
help on the last question. Ashley <Welcome... Please include
previous correspondence... if it's important, you're
referring to it... as there are a few dozen of us
"here", and my/our recollection... Bob Fenner>
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Re: pink ribbon mushroom? 8/15/05 is this picture any
better? <No... still terrible> I am having a
considerable amount of trouble taking a picture of this
thing. It is in the rear of my tank and I have nothing
to sit it on in the front except coarse aragonite. If it
is no better then I can attempt to take the picture with my regular
SLR camera and have it developed. Thank you very much
for your help and I am glad to hear that you hadn't heard of a
"pink ribbon mushroom" either. A spoke to a
few other aquarists and they said that their guess is it is a coral
of some type but that is all... wonderful help.
<Does this organism have a calcareous (solid) skeleton? If so,
it is not a Corallimorpharian... Bob Fenner> |
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Mushroom ID Hi Crew, It has been a while
since my last question. Figured you guys can probably help me ID
this new mushroom I just bought that cost a pretty penny. It's
a giant brilliant fluorescent green mushroom that when opened can
easily reach 6-7 inches. I have a quite a lot of different Shrooms
that gets pretty big but none close to this one. It doesn't
look to me like the standard Amplexidiscus and it doesn't quite
get as big. Thanks for your help. Roy <Is either possibly
an Amplexidiscus but I'd bet on a Rhodactis: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm
Bob Fenner> |
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Coral ID Help Please, actually a Corallimorph, and driving
the Kalk mahcheen Hello WWM Crew, <Gisho> I have attached
a picture of a coral that I purchased
recently. According to the LFS, it is a cup coral, but I
just can't believe that it is. <Tis not> I searched the
WWM site and I have searched books and can't positively ID it
as none of the pictures of cup corals that I find look at all like
it. I did ask the LFS (who have proved to be reasonably
trustful in the past) about lighting, placement/water flow,
hardiness, feeding, etc before I bought it. To me it
almost looks like a giant mushroom coral of some type. It is about
10 - 12 inches in diameter fully expanded/extended. <See here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm .
Looks like an Amplexidiscus to me> Another
question; I have a recently (4 months ago)
converted my 260 gallon FOWLR to reef. pH 8.5
at peak daylight hours. Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 2
ppm. EuroReef skimmer producing tons of skimmate,
refugium w/ Chaetomorpha, MH lighting with three 250 W 10K and
VHO's . Livestock doing fine. My question
is in regards to my low calcium and high dKH/Alk
readings. They are 300-320 ppm and
15.4/5.49 respectively. I drip Kalkwasser.
<Bingo... read over... WWM re alkalinity AND calcium... use of
Kalk...> I would like to get my calcium up to 400
-450 ppm. Should I add a calcium
supplement? Is my consistently high dKH/Alk going to
cause a problem in the short or long term? Thanks and I always
appreciate and trust your advice! Gisho
<Study my friend. Bob Fenner> |
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TLC needed for mushroom coral 3/17/04 I was
hoping you could identify what I believe is an anemone in my tank.
<actually... its a bleached mushroom Corallimorph. In need of
some feeing with very fine foods like Cyclops-eeze or fresh baby
brine shrimp to make a speedy recovery (just a few small feedings
weekly will be fine)> I was consolidating my reef tanks into a
large 55 gallon tank and after moving some live rock I found this
critter. The attached photo has no scale, but the specimen is no
larger than a quarter. On another subject, how much of a bio-load
can a 55 gallon tank support? <that's tou8gh to say... many
corals will kill each other chemically from unnatural crowding
before the filtration processes fail. Your question makes me
concerned that you are making the common (and serious) mistake that
many do which is to stock a tank impatiently and without a long
view of how much space corals need to grow. keep about 10"
between all corals> I currently have 17 separate corals in the
tank with three fish, two dozen snails and about a dozen dwarf
crabs. Once I'm done with the tank consolidation I'll have
another 5 corals. <Read on my friend.,.. the
wetwebmedia.com archives on topics like stocking, chemical
filtration, allelopathy, aggression, etc. Best of luck,
Anthony> |
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Jewel Anemone Dear WetWebCrew, <Jason> First off -
thanks for providing us all with this great resource. Because of it
I'm still in this hobby and thoroughly enjoying myself. Now, on to
the question. I recently purchased some live rock and found something
on it that caught my attention (well, more so than usual). A lucky
search through google images revealed that my "something" is
a jewel anemone. Apart from where these little guys occur (off
Australian/UK coasts? I'm guessing the LR may have been collected
from Fiji) I was unable to find much information. Are these guys reef
safe? <... am a bit confused, or daft or maybe both. The Jewel
Anemone as in the Corallimorph Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846? This is
a cool/coldwater colonial animal... Is found off the UK... not
Fiji.> I would assume so. but assumption can be a dangerous thing.
It sounds as though they average 1.5cm in diameter and generally live
in colonies of varying color. If they are a welcome addition
to the tank is there anything I can do to ensure their continued
survival? It seems as though they prefer to hide out in the shade and
only fully expand when the lights are out. Any info you could provide
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jason M. Wood <Any chance of
you sending an image of this animal? It may well be a species of
Corallimorpharian and not likely to be trouble... unless it starts
asexually over-producing covering/crowding out other sedentary
invertebrates. I would just enjoy whatever it is... and if it starts to
spread, create a "break" in the rock area where it is located
to forestall its meanderings. Bob Fenner>
Corallimorph Identification I am growing a mushroom anemone I
do not really know it's name. They come in brown and brownish red
on the upper disc. The largest size about 10 cm diameter and average
height above substrate 1-3cm. I was told to call it Discosoma to this
day however recent search of pictures reveal different similar pictures
and descriptions. I am now in between Actinodiscus, Discosoma and
Rhodactis, Which is the correct genus for these guys? They look more
closer to Rhodactis to me but I'm not too sure. I need your help.
Cheers Kalo Pakoa <Take a look at the images on our site's pc.
on this group: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/corallim.htm
Sounds like an Amplexidiscus to me... but there are many variations
within the genera of Corallimorpharians. Bob Fenner>
Mushroom rock problems Hi Bob, <Hello> I have two
questions so I think I will ask them separately. One is a problem and
the other is for curiosity. The problem first. A few weeks ago I bought
a smallish mushroom rock. Besides the green stripe mushrooms there are
some raised splotches of very pale lavender and bright yellow. This
rock is quite live with lots of stuff growing all over it. The yellow
still looks fine, but the lavender has turned totally white. <This
happens... different organisms, requirements... perhaps conditions are
less favorable to the lavender life in their new home...> Btw I
think this happened during my recent vacation. I had a kid watch my
tank and he is quite competent but I wanted to discourage him from
putting his hands in the tank by keeping algae back so I cut the photo
period to around nine or ten hours. I have no other corals (or coralish
creatures. Everything else did fine but the whitish stuff. <Hmm>
I have no idea what this is. It is not on the mushroom itself. The LFS
suggested it could be a bacteria or even the some propagation. However
I don't think I made it clear that it was not on the mushroom
itself. Someone on the reef ng suggested it could be a sponge. I was
reading Tullock yesterday and thought maybe it is a truncate. <Maybe
a tunicate/sea squirt/Ascidian... many other possibilities> Anyway
do you have any idea what it could be and what to do about it? I tried
moving it up in the tank and the mushroom liked that but the whitish
stuff has stayed the same. I tried feeding it but I think it didn't
react. <How many openings to the outside do you perceive? I am
inclined to think this is some sort of sponge material...> Of course
I could take it back to the LFS as they are very good about stuff like
this. <I wouldn't move this rock, the life on it... more harm
than good> Btw I have 144 watt JBJ lights on a forty gal breeder
(I'm the one you want to get a 300 gal tank or something :-)). Last
time I tested: SG: 1.024 Temp: 80 pH: 8.1-8.2 ammon. 0 nitrites trace
nitrates >10 Phosp >.2 Ca 490 Alk 6 m/L <Calcium's a bit
high, alkalinity a bit low...> The only additive I use is buffer due
to using DI water. I have since done a 10% water change to get the
nitrites and nitrates down and because I'm an obsessive nut case.
:-) I'm sparing you by asking the other question another time. So
you luck out. <Indeed? Bob Fenner> Thanks. --Jane J
Mushroom rock problems continued Hi Bob, More on the mushroom
rock stuff. Besides the green stripe mushrooms there are some raised
splotches of very pale lavender and bright yellow. This rock is quite
live with lots of stuff growing all over it. The yellow still looks
fine, but the lavender has turned totally white. This happens...
different organisms, requirements... perhaps conditions are less
favorable to the lavender life in their new home...> I think he had
metal halides on the tank. Also shallow water and with lots of current.
The mushrooms are doing better--spread out more, but the lavender stuff
not being lavender isn't doing well at all. <Perhaps
"sun" burned...>> itself. Someone on the reef nag
suggested it could be a sponge. I was reading Tullock yesterday and
thought maybe it is a truncate. <Maybe a tunicate/sea
squirt/Ascidian... many other possibilities> Yes that's what I
meant. Anyway do you have any idea what it could be and what to do
about it? I tried moving it up in the tank and the mushroom liked that
but the whitish stuff has stayed the same. I tried feeding it but
I think it didn't react. <How many openings to the outside do
you perceive? I am inclined to think this is some sort of sponge
material...> Hmm (you say that a lot). I don't see any. This is
completely smooth. The texture, feel of mushroom. But very puffy. (I
think has become more puffy.) <<Still, likely a sponge... or
maybe an Aschelminth... perhaps a Bryozoan..> > Of course I could
take it back to the LFS as they are > very good about stuff like
this. ><I wouldn't move this rock, the life on it... more
harm than good>
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