Daisy like creature on Zoa colony

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Hello all, I had my tank up and running almost 8-9 months. All my colonies started as a single polyp bought mainly from Vivid and WWC.
I dip 5-10 minutes before adding to tank with Coral Rx.
However, I have these Daisy like things growing on my Zoas and it seems to be irritating them.
Any idea what they might be?

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Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 5ppm
Salinity 1.025
Phosphate 0.55ppm
Alk 8.6 dkh
Mag 1300
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Hard to see in the pics and the videos don’t load on my phone, but it looks like hydroid polyps (hydroids in their sessile life stage) to me. They reportedly sting corals, so I’d guess you’re right about them irritating the zoas.

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Hard to see in the pics and the videos don’t load on my phone, but it looks like hydroid polyps (hydroids in their sessile life stage) to me. They reportedly sting corals, so I’d guess you’re right about them irritating the zoas.

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Thank you! Anyway to get rid of them? I read about some that starts with fen(can’t remember the rest of the spelling) does that work? This tank has been active 8-9 months and I noticed the corals irritated.
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Thank you! Anyway to get rid of them? I read about some that starts with fen(can’t remember the rest of the spelling) does that work? This tank has been active 8-9 months and I noticed the corals irritated.
Thank you
Fenbendazole is the word you’re looking for, but I don’t recall how effective it is against hydroids at the moment. The quote below is best I’ve got for hydroids.
Agreed with hydroids:
I've heard smothering the hydroids with kalk paste may work, but here are some other threads with suggestions that might be helpful:
 
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