Is this a majano?

[squiddly]

I looked on the FAQ and this looks slightly different. Perhaps I'm just being optimistic. All help appreciated. Thanks!

 

[bleedingthought]

It looks like a BTA to me.

 

[squiddly]

I really hope that's what it is, rather than a pest. Thanks!

 

[bleedingthought]

Someone else will chime in during the week too. Many, probably.

 

[bleedingthought]

It might be a manjano, actually. Where's David M.?

 

[Anonymous]

Anemonia majano.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[squiddly]

Well that's just plain icky. Thanks for the ID. I was hoping otherwise, of course, because the tips were kinda bubbly rather than straight, but oh well. Guess the newbie gets yet another learning experience.

 

[Whodoo]

Yeah it is, get rid of it before it starts to spread.

 

[squiddly]

Okie dokie.... how best to get rid of this thing?

 

[Anonymous]

Okie dokie.... how best to get rid of this thing?

The best way:

Sell it on Ebay!


Otherwise nuke it with some kalk paste and a syringe

 

[squiddly]

Heh heh. Yeah. Rare fast growing anemone on steroids. Buy now! Ebay's sure got some scary stuff.

 

[Anonymous]

They actually pop up on ebay more often than you'd think, and people BUY 'EM!


$$$ :twisted: $$$

 

[SnowManSnow]

majano. yea

 

[Anonymous]

If you can fish the rock out, you might even be able to slide it off. Believe it or not, that's what I did with a couple I found in my last aquarium. Mind you, they were smaller than this.

 

[Anonymous]

Cover it with very thick kalk paste slowly squeezed through a syringe (turn off your pumps for a bit to let it set into a crust completely covering the pest).

You can also bury the rock with sand and sometimes they pop off and poke up through the sand, then you can scoop and toss.

If you can easily remove the rock, you can also torch it with a lighter.

 

[aljndrno]

I may be naive, but what is so bad about a majano?

 

[aljndrno]

Speaking of majanos, are these two of them?

 

[aljndrno]

green & purple/brown

 

[Anonymous]

First pic is Aiptasia sp and second pic is Anemonia sp.

Regards,
David Mohr