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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 04:52 PM
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I need help IDing something in my saltwater tank.
For those who know saltwater tanks, or marine life in general. I got a 'hitchhiker' on my latest few pounds of live rock. I have no idea what this thing is. It is a sac-like pod that is squishy to the touch and does not move. Any ideas?
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:15 PM
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1. I believe you have an aiptasia with its tentacles retracted
This animal is the kudzu of the marine world, except it has stingers.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:22 PM
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2. OH NOES!!!
I will see if images online show your diagnosis. I have read about it. If it is I will get rid of it!
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:27 PM
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3. You know? I don't think it is aiptasia.
It doesn't seem like anything is retracted. It looks like a solid 'pod'. Like a cocoon from a spider's nest.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:38 PM
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4. That's one of those Skynet chips. We're doomed.
You should have thrown it in the molten steel.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:40 PM
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5. tunicate?
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:47 PM
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6. Hmmm.... Could be, I will keep an eye on it.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:54 PM
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7. how big is it?
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:56 PM
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8. About a quarter of an inch round.
Maybe a third of an inch. No movement, and it is soft.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 06:15 PM
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9. looks bigger in your picture
If I recall, tunicates are more rubbery.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 01:22 PM
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10. A saltwater message board id'd as a sponge.
A good one taboot!
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:22 PM
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11. oh! thanks for letting me know - I was curious
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:44 PM
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12. I ran it through a few filters and scans, and ...
Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 02:46 PM by Call Me Wesley


;) Seriously, now since you have it identified, can you tell me the name of it? I once had something in my freshwater aquarium (doesn't have it anymore) I had a really hard time to get identified.



Seems like there's always some hitchhikers if you buy stuff from a pet/fish store. You'd be amazed if you buy a pond lily and find out that it was full of goldfish eggs ...
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 07:50 PM
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13. ...
:spray:

your little anenomes look like aiptasia, mentioned above.
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