Aiptasia or other pest on zoas?

[KeystoneMalone]

So I came home from work this evening and saw one of my zoas all closed up with what looks like small white tentacles on the stems, just weird because it was totally fine last night- anyone ever see anything like this? I tried to get the best pic I could, you can see them best at the bottom portion of the pic.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Hi @KeystoneMalone
It’s really hard to tell with so much blue light. Can you get a picture with white lights on, a flashlight or your phone flash?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pic too blue- could be cloves

 

[KeystoneMalone]

@TriggerFinger hopefully these pics are better

 

[TriggerFinger]

They look like sponges. You can remove them with tweezers or scrub lightly with a toothbrush if you think they are bothering the zoas. Sometimes sponges can smother zoas.
Edit: just scrub the plug with a toothbrush, not the polyps.

 

[KeystoneMalone]

They look like sponges. You can remove them with tweezers or scrub lightly with a toothbrush if you think they are bothering the zoas. Sometimes sponges can smother zoas.
Edit: just scrub the plug with a toothbrush, not the polyps.

I’ll give it a shot! Thanks so much for the help!!