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01/20/2019, 05:11 PM | #1 |
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Can aptasia swim?
Saw what i thought to be a small aptasia on a polyp frag when i went to grab with tweezers it swam away. Is it something else? Hard to see but it activelypulses to move around20190120_170352.jpg
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01/20/2019, 05:12 PM | #2 |
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No they cannot swim
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01/20/2019, 05:57 PM | #3 |
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Any ideas what it is? Good bad?
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01/20/2019, 06:28 PM | #4 |
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Certainly looks like an aiptasia..They can be blown around in a tank and may move while doing so thus fooling the untrained eye
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01/20/2019, 06:37 PM | #5 |
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This definitely pulses much like a jelly fish to swim around
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01/20/2019, 07:03 PM | #6 |
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Its swimming in standing water
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01/20/2019, 08:05 PM | #7 |
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I think they can swim at least somewhat otherwise they wouldn't end up in some of the locations that they do. Ive watched them release from the glass and move similarly to a jellyfish.
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It's creepy when they do but I believe it's more of a reflex type action than it is a "oh crap, the human can see me!" type of thing.
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