Help identifying

[Mrwim94]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what this could be? It’s spreading quite aggressively and seems to irritate my corals.

I’ve looked around but haven’t found an identical ID yet – to me it resembles colonial hydroids or possibly majano anemones, though I’m not certain.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[BonnieB]

Yeah, Clove polyps. Take a razor blade and scrape them off the rock work a little at a time and dump them right away so they don’t go floating away and settle somewhere else.

 

[Mrwim94]

Hey @BonnieB, thanks for your reply!

I see where you’re coming from, but there’s one thing that doesn’t quite add up for me. Clove polyps are usually connected at the stem, while my hitchhiker, although it covers the surface quite densely, appears to be solitary.

Are there any variants of clove polyps that grow solitarily? As far as I know, there aren’t.

 

[bluemon]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what this could be? It’s spreading quite aggressively and seems to irritate my corals.

I’ve looked around but haven’t found an identical ID yet – to me it resembles colonial hydroids or possibly majano anemones, though I’m not certain.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Very curious.

Does it retract when you touch it?

Does it have a skeleton?

Haven’t seen anything that furry

 

[Mrwim94]

Very curious.

Does it retract when you touch it?

Does it have a skeleton?

Haven’t seen anything that furry

It does retract. It has no skeleton and a pedal disc, like an anemone. For me, the description gives mixed signals about which species I’m dealing with. The diameter is about 0.5 cm (≈0.2 in).

 

[BonnieB]

Hey @BonnieB, thanks for your reply!

I see where you’re coming from, but there’s one thing that doesn’t quite add up for me. Clove polyps are usually connected at the stem, while my hitchhiker, although it covers the surface quite densely, appears to be solitary.

Are there any variants of clove polyps that grow solitarily? As far as I know, there aren’t.

Not that I know of either…now I’m stumped…this means “Research Girl” has to go into action!

 

[BonnieB]

Hey @BonnieB, thanks for your reply!

I see where you’re coming from, but there’s one thing that doesn’t quite add up for me. Clove polyps are usually connected at the stem, while my hitchhiker, although it covers the surface quite densely, appears to be solitary.

Are there any variants of clove polyps that grow solitarily? As far as I know, there aren’t.

Not that I know of either…now I’m stumped…this means “Research Girl” has to go into action!

Oh wait, what about Waving Hand corals (Anthelia sp?)? They are individual polyps, retract and look like the cloves, are fast growing take over everything suckers too. If not, Research Girl goes into action!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Looks like somekind of octocoral, maybe a species of corallimorph. Thats my best guess right now. Do you know where these came from?
Beautiful tank btw, these things look really nice too. What are they bothering specifically? The blasto next to them looks really healthy