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Need a ID on a Hitchhicker

Started by DrReefer, March 13, 2012, 06:47:31 PM

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DrReefer

Hey guys !

Got a fish at the LFS last week and when the clerk picked it up from its holding cube he also got a hermit and a few shells. One of the shell had a strage thing growing on it and I have quarantined it till further info is provided

Looks like a anemone but im not 100% sure and have not been able to ID it my self. Any Help would be great !! 




Rybren

I can't tell from the picture.  Can you get a shot from the other side so that there isn't as much shell?
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DrReefer

it has been out of the tank and they are all closed up :\

DrReefer

Comon OVAS !! no one has a lead or info on this ID ? :P

JetJumper

not a clue.  I can't tell from the angle the picture was taken from :(
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Hookup

Nothing here.  It looks more like a snail shell to me but obviously you were able to rule that out on your own.

I can tell you it's not a ballet slipper.   

DrReefer

Well the second pic is the best I think ... you guys dont see the orange base or foot and white / grey tentacles ?!

Malyon18

I think we all see it I just think it is to hard to indentify with certainty due to the numerous critters that have tentacles.
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Greatwhite

#8
Just reach in, turn the shell around so you can get a head-on picture of it, and then perhaps it'll be easier to get a positive id.

The little bit I can see looks like a majano anemone, which you'll want to remove and destroy before it spreads all over your tank.  They're bad, m'kay?


DrReefer

Quote from: Greatwhite on March 14, 2012, 10:00:19 PM
Just reach in, turn the shell around so you can get a head-on picture of it, and then perhaps it'll be easier to get a positive id.

The little bit I can see looks like a majano anemone, which you'll want to remove and destroy before it spreads all over your tank.  They're bad, m'kay?



They have already been removed from the tank :) Majano is what I think it is... I googled a few pictures and got a positive I'd on it ! The one on your pic is a lot bigger then mine but I found nice pics of smaller ones that are the same as what I got

Thanks a lot guys :D

Dr.