ID, please?

jjirsa78 · 08/07/2006, 07:57 PM

Anyone know what these are? Hydroids of some kind? Anemones?

Better still, anyone know how to get rid of them short of scrubbing?

jjirsa78 · 08/07/2006, 10:29 PM

Nobody?

They don't seem to sting anything (nobody - fish or corals - seems bothered), and they grow in the direct light and darkness, so I'm guessing they're not photosynthetic...

reefshadow · 08/07/2006, 10:36 PM

They look like hydroids, IMO. I have some too and they never seem to bother anything but me. You can kalk paste them, but may or may not work. I've literally heard of some people taking a blow torch to them.

jjirsa78 · 08/07/2006, 10:39 PM

Not what I wanted to hear

46g reef man · 08/07/2006, 11:12 PM

they look like apstasia to me if thats what they r you can get a peppermint shrimp they will eat them or the lfs should sell what they call joes juice it kills them instantly

jjirsa78 · 08/07/2006, 11:30 PM

I guessed aiptasia, too, but they're VERY SMALL. Those round balls in the bottom right corner are caulerpa - about 3mm in diameter.

They don't seem to be photosynthetic - they'll grow on the dark side of rocks, too.

happyhourhero · 08/07/2006, 11:39 PM

Id say hydroids over aiptasia.

Paintbug · 08/08/2006, 08:32 AM

Hydroids for sure!

jakaufman · 08/08/2006, 09:29 AM

not aiptasia

i had a couple on a rock.. they got eaten by something

grew a bit the first couple days i saw them then stayed about the same size.. never spread or anything.

i wouldnt worry

Anemonebuff · 08/08/2006, 09:34 AM

Not aiptasia. Most likely hydroids or a type of jellyfish in a polyp stage.

08/07/2006, 07:57 PM	#1
jjirsa78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 445	ID, please? Anyone know what these are? Hydroids of some kind? Anemones? Better still, anyone know how to get rid of them short of scrubbing?

08/07/2006, 10:36 PM	#3
reefshadow Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Washington Posts: 1,786	They look like hydroids, IMO. I have some too and they never seem to bother anything but me. You can kalk paste them, but may or may not work. I've literally heard of some people taking a blow torch to them. __________________ All Your Coral Are Belong To Us Current Tank Info: 30 Deep Blue shallow mixed rimless, MP10, Ecoxotic LED's, SCA 301 skimmer.

08/07/2006, 11:39 PM	#7
happyhourhero Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 383	Id say hydroids over aiptasia. __________________ Zack Current Tank Info: 65 gal mixed reef.

08/08/2006, 08:32 AM	#8
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	Hydroids for sure! __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

08/07/2006, 10:29 PM	#2
jjirsa78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 445	Nobody? They don't seem to sting anything (nobody - fish or corals - seems bothered), and they grow in the direct light and darkness, so I'm guessing they're not photosynthetic...

08/07/2006, 10:39 PM	#4
jjirsa78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 445	Not what I wanted to hear

08/07/2006, 11:12 PM	#5
46g reef man Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 15	they look like apstasia to me if thats what they r you can get a peppermint shrimp they will eat them or the lfs should sell what they call joes juice it kills them instantly

08/07/2006, 11:30 PM	#6
jjirsa78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 445	I guessed aiptasia, too, but they're VERY SMALL. Those round balls in the bottom right corner are caulerpa - about 3mm in diameter. They don't seem to be photosynthetic - they'll grow on the dark side of rocks, too.

08/08/2006, 09:29 AM	#9
jakaufman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 288	not aiptasia i had a couple on a rock.. they got eaten by something grew a bit the first couple days i saw them then stayed about the same size.. never spread or anything. i wouldnt worry

08/08/2006, 09:34 AM	#10
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	Not aiptasia. Most likely hydroids or a type of jellyfish in a polyp stage.