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Trevah 
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 3:42pm |
Any help is appreciated.....It's next to the turbo....I think it might be frogspawn.
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 4:22pm |
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May be a Majano Anemone...
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 8:15pm |
Oh please say that it is something else rather than aiptasia.... 
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 8:17pm |
It's not aptasia. But does look like an anemone of some sort to me. Definately not frogspawn.
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 8:40pm |
From what I understand, Frogspawn has a head and doesn't grow in that pattern. I have a 7 head Frogspawn in my tank and the base looks nothing like that at all.
My vote is with Dave, Majano Anemone.
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Posted: July 25 2003 at 11:58pm |
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Posted: July 26 2003 at 1:59am |
I don't know....the majority of the aiptasia i have seen and researched generally have tentacles that come to a point even though the colonial type is more rounded the green on the anemone in my tank is only visible when the anemone is first extending its tentacles (and then the green is in the middle). The colonial has green tips; but I guess since mine is so small it could possibly just be green in the middle while juvenile.....Someone please say that there is hope...... 
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Posted: July 27 2003 at 8:35pm |
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i recently was told it could be torch coral.....what do you guys think?
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Posted: July 27 2003 at 10:58pm |
I don't think its a torch from the picture. The determining factors are:
Does it move?
Does it have a hard stalk?
Are the tentacles around the perimeter or all over?
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Posted: July 27 2003 at 11:48pm |
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well it doesn't move except for the tentacles shrinking and growing.....the stalk i am not sure of but I believe that it is soft....and the tentacles seem to be mostly around the perimeter but 2 layers of them.....
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Posted: July 28 2003 at 6:43am |
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sounds and looks like an anemone to me.
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Posted: July 28 2003 at 8:34am |
As stated before this is not Aiptasia.
Have you seen this animal move locations? If so that would be a good sign that this is a type of anemone.
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Posted: July 28 2003 at 11:11am |
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it has not moved location for the 4 weeks it has been in my tank
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Posted: August 05 2003 at 6:29pm |
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How long have you had this rock?
Mess with the animal with your finger and get it to recede then look or feel (gently) for a hard skeleton. If the skeleton is present it may be as you suggested and over the months it will expand to it's full stature. There is a hint of a skeleton in the HUGE picture you posted, but more likely it's as Jake observed, an anemone.
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Posted: August 11 2003 at 5:27pm |
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You know what?, there is some torch coral at the Pet Factory right now that looks a lot like that. Its the torch that they are selling by the head. Its in one of the top tanks. You should go check it out.
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Posted: August 11 2003 at 7:21pm |
Trevah,
Please don't leave us hanging  What is it? Torch or anemone?
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Posted: February 24 2004 at 3:33pm |
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lol sorry never got back to this thread...yes it is a torch coral...i will try and post a pic soon
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