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lmm1967
12/03/2015, 03:44 PM
Hitchhiker on live rock in newly setup Biocube 29

http://www.leoandtisha.net/wp-content/uploads/wppa/79150190.jpg?ver=2

Tank will be used mainly to house 2 Lightning Maroon Clowns
Bogue Chitto
12/03/2015, 08:34 PM
Looks like xenia to me.
apcoleman
12/03/2015, 08:42 PM
Looks like xenia to me.

+1. It can grow pretty quickly
billdogg
12/04/2015, 07:55 AM
Looks like xenia to me.

+1. It can grow pretty quickly

If left to it's own, it will be like crabgrass in a otherwise beautiful lawn. It can easily take over the whole tank. If you keep it isolated on it's own little island you can slow the process down.
fairl80z
12/04/2015, 08:48 AM
Get rid of that thing ! I had a 55 gallon that was totally over ran with it . It looks beautiful . But it isn't worth the trouble .
Fish guy 91
12/04/2015, 02:51 PM
Keep it on its own island
chimmike
12/04/2015, 03:10 PM
xenia.....like aiptasia but people actually pay for it
lmm1967
12/04/2015, 06:29 PM
Thanks everyone !
kjboggs
12/04/2015, 06:46 PM
Thats anthelia! Worse than pulsing xenia. It will take over your tank. Get rid ov it if you ever want any other corals on your rocks?
edinphilly
12/04/2015, 07:21 PM
Thats anthelia! Worse than pulsing xenia. It will take over your tank. Get rid ov it if you ever want any other corals on your rocks?


+1

Pull it out for sure.
C.Eymann
12/04/2015, 07:30 PM
Thats anthelia! Worse than pulsing xenia. It will take over your tank. Get rid ov it if you ever want any other corals on your rocks?

I don't think this is anthelia, anthelia has a stolon type of mat, individual gastric tubes, these seem to be connected to a greater body. my guess is they are a species in the clavularia genus, look at the scale size of the OPS photo, this bunch is alot smaller than most of you are seeing.
lmm1967
12/04/2015, 10:00 PM
I don't think this is anthelia, anthelia has a stolon type of mat, individual gastric tubes, these seem to be connected to a greater body. my guess is they are a species in the clavularia genus, look at the scale size of the OPS photo, this bunch is alot smaller than most of you are seeing.

This entire colony is smaller than a quarter. Photo was taken zoomed in from my phone. It does appear to be connected to a greater body. Very near top of tank. Under standard T5 lights in Coralife Biocobe. Opened about 4 days after the rock being put in the tank. It survived on rock being out of water for about 3 hours so it's pretty hardy.
kjboggs
12/06/2015, 10:00 AM
Its baby anthelia, it does connect and spread on a white matts. Trust me!!! This pic was a while ago, half my rock is unusable space now and you cant get rid of it! Your pic is exactly what it looks like when small or trying to grow back.

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