Curlique Anemone or Aiptasia... who wore it better?

[egdirbkram]

... but seriously i'm not sure of what kind of Anemone i'm looking at here... any ideas? Seems to be more active at night than day. It does fully retract. It's currently on the underside of one of my florida aquacultured live rocks.

 

[shakacuz]

when in doubt….deem it aiptasia.

no but seriously, it does highly resemble an aiptasia.

 

[egdirbkram]

it does highly resemble an aiptasia

thanks, appreciate you taking a look.

 

[egdirbkram]

does anyone think this isn't Aiptasia before I...

 

[egdirbkram]

@LiverockRocks what do you think about this one?

 

[SaltyB24]

This looks exactly like the curlique anemones I have on my rocks. They hitch hiked in from my KP rock. How did you get rid of yours? I had loads come in on the rock I bought and now that they are getting big I want them gone!!

 

[egdirbkram]

This looks exactly like the curlique anemones I have on my rocks. They hitch hiked in from my KP rock. How did you get rid of yours? I had loads come in on the rock I bought and now that they are getting big I want them gone!!

I leaned into the idea it was Aip and not Curlique and i took an insulin needle full of hydrogen peroxide and gave it a shot in the stem. I also have a peppermint shrimp in there which are known to eat aiptasia. Not sure which one of those did the trick but it's gone now.