Finding Life on the Live Rock

The live rock we got from the aquafarm at the Gulfarium has been fascinating. So far we've found feather duster worms, an anemone, and some sort of coral on the rock.

We've no idea if the anemone is good or bad, but it's cool.

The picture doesn't show the colors well, but it's a pinkish color. After posting the picture on reefcentral.com, a user suggested it might be a Condylactis Anemone (commonly known as Florida Condy)

Another suspect is from the aiptasia family, which are considered pests. However, apparently the Gulf variety isn't as much of a pest as the Pacific variety: http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/thepackage/id_images/db_2_Curly_Que-dsp.jpg













I think the coral is a tube coral: http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/thepackage/id_images/db_6_Tubecorals2-dwculp.jpg

Here is a picture of the unknown coral. It's not a clear pic, but you can kind of make out the shape and color.