Hey guys! So i have had my tank at 1.021 for a while now and a week or so ago i picked up some live rock from a LFS that i trust. The owner let me pick any rock from any of their tanks which have all been well established. I chose about 2 lbs of rock that had purple algae and one of them had a little bundle of feather dusters on it. I got the rock a week ago and put it in my tank and have been checking water parameters and everything is going just fine. George has picked at the rock a lot and is very interested by the stuff growing on it. I took a few pictures to get some help. Im pretty sure i have the "dreaded aiptasia" everyone always talks about. I dont really mind them. I dont plan on getting any corals or anemones of any kinds, just gonna keep my FOWLR so they are ok by me to stay. I also have a few bundles of feather dusters and i THINK i have a little blue and white brittle star. I can see at times 3 long bristle legs coming out and feeling around. I flipped the rock over to get a better look and im pretty sure its a brittle star hiding in a hole. I poked him and he hid quickly.
One thing im not sure about, is today i noticed several of these little tiny round orange "spore" looking things. I tried to get a picture to see if anyone knows what it might be. Are they buds from the aptasia? I know that anemones reproduce asexually by budding and fission so im not sure. Thanks for the help!
The two pieces of LR i picked out
My tank
What i think is aiptasia
Feather duster and orange spore is southeast of bundle, second pic you can see a few more
what i think is a tiny blue and white brittle star, showing one leg and more "orange spores"
thanks for the help guys!
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