Hitch hiker ID

[immo]

Need help figuring out what this is. I have read the hitch hiker ID post, and could not find anything there. I'm positive it is not a coral, it acts like an anemone, but does not appear to be a ball, or glass.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Baby RFA?

 

[immo]

Definitely not, I have several RFA. This has a tube like body that extends roughly 4x the diameter of the head.

 

[JoJosReef]

Ball anemones are actually corallimorphs, mushrooms. Is this one moving from one place to another? Could still be a reddish corallimorph. If the tentacles weren't so short, I'd guess a reddish cup coral.

 

[JoJosReef]

Scratch that on the cup coral. If the body extends like a nem, definitely not a cup coral. There are some less invasive Aiptasia from the gulf. Had one for a year. But the tentacles on this one throw me off.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Need help figuring out what this is. I have read the hitch hiker ID post, and could not find anything there. I'm positive it is not a coral, it acts like an anemone, but does not appear to be a ball, or glass. View attachment 3172437View attachment 3172440

This may be tube sponge

 

[immo]

This may be tube sponge

i don't think it's a tube sponge, the body looks smooth like an anemone. granted i could be wrong

 

[Reefapprentice]

Interesting, does it accept food?

 

[vetteguy53081]

i don't think it's a tube sponge, the body looks smooth like an anemone. granted i could be wrong

Will have to look on regular screen opposed to my phone

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, that's definitely either an anemone or a Corallimorph. I'd lean towards it being an anemone, but I'm not sure.

 

[Stephen8169301]

Any possible way you can get different angles?

 

[vetteguy53081]

i don't think it's a tube sponge, the body looks smooth like an anemone. granted i could be wrong

Duh- now that I am on a large screen- I see it now. . . was looking above and on my phone the rock if you look at it almosts looks like an algae blenny. . .LOL
I believe this is a corallimorph also. It doesnt seem to have an mouth that anemones have

Lokk at the rock and then this blenny:

 

[immo]

Interesting, does it accept food?

have not tried, i try not to feed the trolls lol

 

[immo]

Any possible way you can get different angle

I will try tomorrow, lights have went out for the night. I'll try to get a picture of the body extended as well

 

[immo]

I have some jeweler's loupes, I will try and get a close up picture of it tomorrow, and some different angles. I'm pretty confident in it being a nem, based on how fast it moves (opens back up after I aggravate it). It's really a strange looking creature, and I have looked and searched. (It's in my wife's deskmate). She posted on some facebook groups, and gotten replies as far fetched as a bristle worm. Nonetheless, I will try to get better pictures tomorrow. Any suggestions as how to handle it? Straight up removal? Cut the rock and remove? Leave it be? Don't want to cause any issues down the road

 

[JoJosReef]

I have some jeweler's loupes, I will try and get a close up picture of it tomorrow, and some different angles. I'm pretty confident in it being a nem, based on how fast it moves (opens back up after I aggravate it). It's really a strange looking creature, and I have looked and searched. (It's in my wife's deskmate). She posted on some facebook groups, and gotten replies as far fetched as a bristle worm. Nonetheless, I will try to get better pictures tomorrow. Any suggestions as how to handle it? Straight up removal? Cut the rock and remove? Leave it be? Don't want to cause any issues down the road

I've had similar if we're looking at the same things. At the time I didn't wait for a positive ID. Took F-aiptasia and smothered it.

 

[immo]

Ended up that I couldn't get any better pictures because it had walked up in the coral. So, I forcefully removed it, and it is now gone. Still curious to know what it was, I just can't provide any better pictures.