Hydroid looking things

harleychic · 04/24/2007, 06:10 PM

I have these things on my new LR that kind of look like hydroids, but really, really small and totally white, stalk and "crown". Too small to get pics.
Thanks for any help

bertoni · 04/24/2007, 07:10 PM

Well, they might be hydroids. I'd watch them, and if they start to spread, whack at them then with something like lime or lye.

harleychic · 04/24/2007, 08:06 PM

Supposedly they sting when you touch them? I did that, just to see. Nothing. But I guess if they are hydroids, they must be little babies.

bertoni · 04/24/2007, 08:31 PM

They might be fully grown, and human hands don't necessarily detach nematocyst stings. I wouldn't touch the animals in any case, since that might provoke an allergic reaction eventually.

drummereef · 04/24/2007, 09:04 PM

Can you use the 'macro' setting on your camera to get a pic? Really need more than the description to ID properly.

sunfish11 · 04/24/2007, 09:07 PM

Do they shrink up when you try to touch them. Could be small feather dusters / tube worms. They have the little white crown and rigid tube.

04/24/2007, 06:10 PM	#1
harleychic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 371	Hydroid looking things I have these things on my new LR that kind of look like hydroids, but really, really small and totally white, stalk and "crown". Too small to get pics. Thanks for any help

04/24/2007, 07:10 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Well, they might be hydroids. I'd watch them, and if they start to spread, whack at them then with something like lime or lye. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/24/2007, 08:31 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	They might be fully grown, and human hands don't necessarily detach nematocyst stings. I wouldn't touch the animals in any case, since that might provoke an allergic reaction eventually. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/24/2007, 09:04 PM	#5
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Can you use the 'macro' setting on your camera to get a pic? Really need more than the description to ID properly. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

04/24/2007, 08:06 PM	#3
harleychic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 371	Supposedly they sting when you touch them? I did that, just to see. Nothing. But I guess if they are hydroids, they must be little babies.

04/24/2007, 09:07 PM	#6
sunfish11 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Weyauwega, WI Posts: 2,365	Do they shrink up when you try to touch them. Could be small feather dusters / tube worms. They have the little white crown and rigid tube.