Help with ID / Brown “veiny” growth with polyps?

[ADAM]

Need a little help IDing a growth I’m finding mainly around the sand bed area. I have tried searching and reading thru some articles but can’t seem to find anything similar.

The growth is brown in color and reminds me of veins in the way it grows. Some areas of the growth appear to have small patches of polyps that look a bit like tiny, nearly flat zoas.

The zoas and plays in the area do not seem to be bothered but it does appear to be bothering a few mushrooms. The mushrooms start to shrivel and eventually start loosing color.

 

[vetteguy53081]

These are flagellates (not quite Dino)
Blow loose with a turkey baster and siphon it up. Reduce white light intensity slightly and add 1.5ml of liquid bacteria per 10 gallons during the day

 

[ADAM]

Doesn’t really blow off. Most of it will come off the rock/frag plugs with a toothbrush but it’s growing throughout the sand so cleaning them is just temporary.

I’ll certainly give the basting and bacteria addition a shot in the meanwhile though. Maybe I won’t have to clean the plugs every 2-3 days. Thanks!

 

[ADAM]

Basting doesn’t appear to make a difference. Takes a bit of scrubbing with a toothbrush to remove when it’s grown enough to have the “polyp” look.

Updated/new pic shows the definition a bit better than I could get the previous photos.

 

[ramona]

Is that brown stuff still growing?

 

[ADAM]

Is that brown stuff still growing?

Not that I can see anywhere. Dipped (Revive) and cleaned the plugs with a toothbrush several more times and lightly stirred the sand area during water changes. Also started using PolypLab Genesis bacteria additive also.