Please help ID this - Anemone?

[Martian]

Anybody can help ID this? It has white tips and it's about a ten cent coin.

[diki88]

I would say a bta.

[Martian]

I would say a bta.

Thanks Bro, I was worried that it was Aiptasia.

[Martian]

I have another bigger BTA in my tank and it started hiding and moving further away from its original area which was near this little BTA. Is this normal? BTAs can sense presence of another BTA?

[puppet]

looks like a majano anemone, while it is as problematic as the aiptasia, it is easier to remove

http://www.saltyunderground.com/article_info.php?articles_id=2

[Martian]

looks like a majano anemone, while it is as problematic as the aiptasia, it is easier to remove http://www.saltyunderground.com/article_info.php?articles_id=2'>http://www.saltyunderground.com/article_info.php?articles_id=2

Thanks for the infor bro... I tried to pry it out but it just shrunk deeper into the rock crevice. Is Calcium Hydroxide available in Singapore?

[puppet]

it should be readily available, its the same paste you use to kill aiptasia

there is this thingy call Aiptasia X which comes with a syringe

[Martian]

Thanks for the infor.

I never have any Aiptasia so I dun really know about them.

[puppet]

http://www.redseafish.com/index.aspx?id=4418

Try this,

I saw this at Iwarna last week

[Martian]

Thanks Bro.

[Martian]

Actually I used a knife and tried to pry it out but ended up stabbing the bugger till it disappeared and now I dun see it anymore... Hope I will not see anymore of them again...

[blusafe]

Be careful with knife because the little anemone bits may float around and grow to become separate adults. Chemical solutions are good, biological methods are also good (peppermint shrimp, fish, Berghia).

Definitely Majano, not BTA. I had some green ones and killed them all. I regretted doing this because they were actually quite beautiful. Majano do not reproduce as quickly as Aiptasia (actually, I've never seen any reproduce past the small rock they were on), and the sting is not as powerful. Keeping the thing alive is an option if you can manage its care.