Need I.d'ing Please!

[woody88]

Can someone I.d this for me please as I have'nt a clue what it is.

It came on a recent piece of lr i had. It's about the size of a 10p piece in diameter and the tentacles are about a cm long.

Anyone?....

 

[seffieuk]

Google mojano and compare, looks like its time for the soldering iron

Seffie x

 

[ben1987]

yeo pest nem for sure

 

[woody88]

yeo pest nem for sure

Woohoo!....I got an anemone!..................Shame its not the GOOD type!.....

Exactly how quick do these guys multiply?

What do they feed off as I could try and starve it if requires something that I can control. Don't really want to get my hand near it but I could always remove the piece of lr rock its on and fry it with my megger [1000v AC].............Cooked anemone anyone! lol!

Glass anemone?.....

 

[seffieuk]

You wont be able to starve it - take the the whole rock out of the tank, so it cant let off spores and fry the sucker, then rinse really well with ro water

seffie x

ps by the way they stink, best to do it outside!

pps there is of course another option, set-up a small tank for it

 

[Donya]

Looks more like and Aiptasid to me. As far as multiplying, depending on the species and the conditions, it could be anywhere from sending out swarms of offspring each week to never reproducing unless forced to by being damaged. For species that can send out small armies of new nems, the rate is usually depenedent on food and lighting conditions to some degree (a bigger army with more food in particular). You don't need to worry about getting your hand on it unless there's something else on the rock your'e worried about. Some Aips are fairly sticky when they contact human hands, but only one I've ever come accross gave me just a bit of a tingle. Don't bother trying to starve Aiptasids - any bit of light is enough to keep many of them going and failing that they can feed on moderately-sized particulates in the dark as well as any small bugs running around on the rock. So, unless your tank is pitch black and sterile, you'll have a hard time controling its food sources.