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[harleyrider]

i got these two little guy Sunday hitching on a rescue peice i bought at Coral Ranch, they are about as big as a pencil eraser is round but only about a third of the height of the eraser, all around the outer edge is bright green tenicale type fingers, and in the middle of the little guy it looks like a small slot, and they also move on there own, I know my pics suck but give it your best shot Thanks Don

[Aquatic Specialists]

Could be a zoathid eating nudibrach. Need a better pic to tell for sure.

[harleyrider]

 Hey Dwayne & Justin, i looked up zoa eating nudibrance, and thats not it, this looks more like a baby anemone, its kinda skin color in the middle with a little slot, and its like a neon green bubble tips all around the outer edge???

[pontiac2002gtp]

try a majano anenome.

[jake]

ya they are purple centered green skirt anemone. They wont get bigger than that ,but they spread faster than most corals and sting them they are considered a nusaunce. Coral ranch has tons of them I had hoped to avoid them in my newer tank ,but some slipped in via the ranch.


also it is not the above name

[coral ranch]

they are majanos. you can grab them at the base with a pair of tweesers and pull them off or squirt them with some lime water.Sorry about that if I would have saw them I would have gotten them for you.

Rich

[harleyrider]

Thats ok no problem, just didnt know what they were, i can get them out no problem

[Reefd Up]

I personally wouldn't grab them with tweezers if I were you.  They can reproduce asexually...meaning if you leave a tiny piece in the tank or if a piece breaks off...there's another one!  You'll want to treat majanos like aiptasia.  I would try a boiling kalkawasser paste (or very carefully, sodium hydroxide.) 

[Blown76mav]

I have used the Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime and Lemon juice on these guys with great results.

[harleyrider]

anyone ever use Joes Juice on their aptasia

[lazylivin]

anyone ever use Joes Juice on their aptasia

I have and it melts them instantly. They actually eat it and then realize about 2 seconds later that they should not have done that.  :

[harleyrider]

thats what i thought, ive always heard it was great stuff, but after reading all the different post from the experts on here, i havent heard anyone saying anything about it, just that everybody seems to be having a lot of problems with aptasia, and nobody seems to know how to get rid of it, thought maybe i had heard wrong and it wasnt any good, who knows lol