Clove Polyps? Bad.

g_langley · 02/03/2021, 07:59 AM

Are these clove polyps? These are becoming a royal pain now, I am syphoning and brushing them off, but wondering what else I could do.

Can someone ID these imposters please, the coralline algae bit you see is 2 inches across.

Cheers

RBU1 · 02/03/2021, 08:03 AM

Can't see a picture

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g_langley · 02/03/2021, 08:09 AM

Should be there now, it's been a while since I've been on here

RBU1 · 02/03/2021, 08:22 AM

Hard to tell are you sure they aren't aptasia?

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g_langley · 02/03/2021, 08:34 AM

I don't think so, they look more like small clove polyps rather than an anemone.

Gangous · 02/03/2021, 08:38 AM

Hard to see looks like aptasia though either way get a file fish will eat them

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RBU1 · 02/03/2021, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g_langley

I don't think so, they look more like small clove polyps rather than an anemone.

I've never seen brown clove polyps but maybe. Can you get any better pictures?

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g_langley · 02/03/2021, 09:43 AM

I'll get a better picture, need to wait for my son. These are small and do not grow at all, unlike the Aiptasia I am used to which get large. But no doubt they may well be.

g_langley · 03/23/2021, 06:14 AM

Here's a better picture, you should see that the tentacles are bristly and not smooth like an anemone should be? Any idea what these are?

RBU1 · 03/23/2021, 06:15 AM

Aptasia

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g_langley · 03/23/2021, 06:17 AM

With bristly tentacles? I could not find anything on the net showing me this version (not smooth tentacles). Not doubting, just saying.

Reef Bass · 03/23/2021, 06:58 AM

I also was thinking aiptasia until the last picture. Aiptasia don't have bristly tentacles, which that last picture seems to show.

g_langley · 03/23/2021, 08:57 AM

I've syphoned them out before, and then they come back. I'd just like to know what these things are. They could have come with the live rock I had back in 2015 and I do feed quite heavily. I was going to get some Nudi's but the store also thinks these aren't regular Aiptasia.

Sk8r · 03/23/2021, 10:08 AM

Hard to judge the scale, but they look like hydroids to me.

Sugar Magnolia · 03/23/2021, 11:32 AM

I say hydroids too.

Sk8r · 03/23/2021, 12:35 PM

You can get rid of them via hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) but you MUST wear protective gear, gloves, goggles, chemical mask, take the culprit rocks out of your tank, hold the affected side down in a dish of drugstore H202 for 30 seconds, then rinse liberally under your sink faucet. Then set them into a bucket of discard salt water for 30 minutes before returning to your tank: the bubbles that come off are pure oxygen, which can burn and kill other life. The reason for protective gear is in case there should be poisonous palys or other problems on the rock. Everything on the rock will be killed. But the bacteria inside the rock will be fine, and it will resume function as live rock.

g_langley · 03/24/2021, 03:59 AM

Thank you, I think I would have preferred Aiptasia!

g_langley · 01/01/2022, 05:29 AM

I've decided to ditch the tank and start a new one, beaten by hydroids.

@Sk8r - your advice on killing these hydroids on the live rock I have still stands? I want each whole rock placed in a h202 solution to kill everything inside it, apart from the bacteria?

I have about 25k of Fiji Premium, be such a shame to waste it.

02/03/2021, 08:09 AM	#3
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	Should be there now, it's been a while since I've been on here __________________ Skull Islands

02/03/2021, 08:34 AM	#5
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	I don't think so, they look more like small clove polyps rather than an anemone. __________________ Skull Islands

02/03/2021, 09:43 AM	#8
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	I'll get a better picture, need to wait for my son. These are small and do not grow at all, unlike the Aiptasia I am used to which get large. But no doubt they may well be. __________________ Skull Islands

03/23/2021, 06:17 AM	#11
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	With bristly tentacles? I could not find anything on the net showing me this version (not smooth tentacles). Not doubting, just saying. __________________ Skull Islands

03/23/2021, 06:58 AM	#12
Reef Bass colors and textures Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Petaluma CA Posts: 6,301	I also was thinking aiptasia until the last picture. Aiptasia don't have bristly tentacles, which that last picture seems to show. __________________ The human desires for instant gratification and immediate problem resolution cannot be satisfied with this hobby. Former president and co-president of the Wine Country Reefers. Current Tank Info: 60 gallons of Scleractinia and Zoanthidae lit w/ LEDs

02/03/2021, 08:03 AM	#2
RBU1 Moving on Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 5,167	Can't see a picture Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/03/2021, 08:22 AM	#4
RBU1 Moving on Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 5,167	Hard to tell are you sure they aren't aptasia? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/03/2021, 08:38 AM	#6
Gangous Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 395	Hard to see looks like aptasia though either way get a file fish will eat them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/23/2021, 06:15 AM	#10
RBU1 Moving on Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 5,167	Aptasia Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/23/2021, 08:57 AM	#13
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	I've syphoned them out before, and then they come back. I'd just like to know what these things are. They could have come with the live rock I had back in 2015 and I do feed quite heavily. I was going to get some Nudi's but the store also thinks these aren't regular Aiptasia. __________________ Skull Islands

03/23/2021, 10:08 AM	#14
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Hard to judge the scale, but they look like hydroids to me. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

03/23/2021, 11:32 AM	#15
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	I say hydroids too. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/23/2021, 12:35 PM	#16
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	You can get rid of them via hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) but you MUST wear protective gear, gloves, goggles, chemical mask, take the culprit rocks out of your tank, hold the affected side down in a dish of drugstore H202 for 30 seconds, then rinse liberally under your sink faucet. Then set them into a bucket of discard salt water for 30 minutes before returning to your tank: the bubbles that come off are pure oxygen, which can burn and kill other life. The reason for protective gear is in case there should be poisonous palys or other problems on the rock. Everything on the rock will be killed. But the bacteria inside the rock will be fine, and it will resume function as live rock. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

03/24/2021, 03:59 AM	#17
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	Thank you, I think I would have preferred Aiptasia! __________________ Skull Islands

01/01/2022, 05:29 AM	#18
g_langley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 398	I've decided to ditch the tank and start a new one, beaten by hydroids. @Sk8r - your advice on killing these hydroids on the live rock I have still stands? I want each whole rock placed in a h202 solution to kill everything inside it, apart from the bacteria? I have about 25k of Fiji Premium, be such a shame to waste it. __________________ Skull Islands