ucscnewman
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We have many soft corals, chaeto, and anemone in our community tank that we want to give away. Please DM us for pickup arrangements
(Santa Cruz pickup) Soft corals and anemone
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dochou
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Agree.
ucscnewman
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MichaelB
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With the angle and lighting it looks like one to me as well in the picture you posted of it. Maybe try a different angle with another picture. Just to point out @Darkxerox said, " it might be a majano"
I also would suggest you be very careful of those captian jerks palythoas very dangerous and in my opinion they are nothing you should want in your tank let alone pass on to someone else. They have great potential for being fatal/ causing extreme sickness. Please get rid if them safely and don't pass them on to someone else. (No offense intended)
I also would suggest you be very careful of those captian jerks palythoas very dangerous and in my opinion they are nothing you should want in your tank let alone pass on to someone else. They have great potential for being fatal/ causing extreme sickness. Please get rid if them safely and don't pass them on to someone else. (No offense intended)
Coral reefer
Past President
Doesn’t look like a majano to me. Especially the foot
ucscnewman
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Thanks for the helpful advice. It was given out at a swap event before the current ban. The question I have is how to get rid of them safely, should I use the gloves, carefully remove them from the tank, and just let it sit outside for a couple of weeks before they're considered dead? I'm aware of the vapor they might produce so I'm not going to leave them indoor.
MichaelB
Supporting Member
I would say definitely don't put them outside as animals could get to them. I saw someone said tripple bag them. Don't try to try scrape/cut and absolutely don't bake/ boil them. If they are on a rock it's probably safer just to get rid of the entire rock.
I'm sure someone with more knowledge can give you better advice on how to safely remove them @Srt4eric @Darkxerox @IOnceWasLegend
RandyC
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Bleach them.
“Palytoxin can be neutralized by soaking the coral for 30 minutes in a ≥0.1% household bleach solution (1 part 5%–6% sodium hypochlorite [household bleach] to 10 parts water, prepared fresh) (8). Contaminated items should be soaked in diluted bleach before disposal (3).”
“Palytoxin can be neutralized by soaking the coral for 30 minutes in a ≥0.1% household bleach solution (1 part 5%–6% sodium hypochlorite [household bleach] to 10 parts water, prepared fresh) (8). Contaminated items should be soaked in diluted bleach before disposal (3).”
Seconding this. Plus you can do a stronger bleach solution and simultaneously cure the rock to sell/give it away.Bleach them.
“Palytoxin can be neutralized by soaking the coral for 30 minutes in a ≥0.1% household bleach solution (1 part 5%–6% sodium hypochlorite [household bleach] to 10 parts water, prepared fresh) (8). Contaminated items should be soaked in diluted bleach before disposal (3).”
ucscnewman
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ucscnewman
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Here are more pictures of the 3 anemones in the tank. Hope you guys can determine what kind of anemones they are
Coral reefer
Past President
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If I saw only that one I’d likely be fooled, but it looks just like the other two. I agree
ucscnewman
Guest
The second pic is the original anemone, then it gave rise to the first pic. The first pic then divided recently giving rise to the third pic. All of them from the same species
Thanks for the extra pictures, they do look like bubble tip anemones. Again, I highly recommend creating a tank journal because we have to infer a lot of background from just one photo and can't look at a thread that contains past information.
Please act safely regarding the palythoa. We can't stress this enough for the safety of yourself and those at your center. It can be aerosolized while handling so please do any handling or disposal with an N95 on and outside as well. It's toxic when when dead or dried too. https://masna.org/masna-education/palytoxin/
Also please consider becoming a supporting member since there are far more people here willing to support you too once you do so. Thank you.
Please act safely regarding the palythoa. We can't stress this enough for the safety of yourself and those at your center. It can be aerosolized while handling so please do any handling or disposal with an N95 on and outside as well. It's toxic when when dead or dried too. https://masna.org/masna-education/palytoxin/
Also please consider becoming a supporting member since there are far more people here willing to support you too once you do so. Thank you.
Arvin R
Sponsor
I'd love to get one of the nems from you if you can get it off the rock and let me know when available. I lost my huge one awhile back due to a tank transfer.
Arvin R
Sponsor
I can't remember who I originally got the green BTA from but it was from my first club frag swap (and first swap the club had post pandemic) that was hosted at Michael's house.