I was cleaning my sump and found this

[Cichlid Dad]

The sump features TBSW live rock about a year old. Does not look like any aptaisia iv ever seen. Looks almost clear with a beautiful highlighter green glow. Can anyone tell me if it friend or foe

 

[Koty]

Looks like aptasia. Some are more white than the rest.

 

[Formulator]

The sump features TBSW live rock about a year old. Does not look like any aptaisia iv ever seen. Looks almost clear with a beautiful highlighter green glow. Can anyone tell me if it friend or foe

Well it looks pretty cool, but I’m thinking colonial hydroid per this other thread. Looks like they can become invasive unfortunately.

Post in thread 'Small green aiptasia???'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/small-green-aiptasia.721565/post-7495558

 

[vetteguy53081]

The sump features TBSW live rock about a year old. Does not look like any aptaisia iv ever seen. Looks almost clear with a beautiful highlighter green glow. Can anyone tell me if it friend or foe

Aptasia no doubt. Keep it simple and Using a syringe or pipette, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Thank you, will deploy the troops

 

[Cichlid Dad]

So, before I killed this I went to TBSW and looked up hitch hikers. This is not aptaisia but a coral. Reef safe. The rock it's on is from TBSW. Glad I didn't kill it.



https://tbsaltwater.com/hitchhikers/hidden-cup-phyllangia-americana/

 

[Extremeengineer]

One of those situations where the fast answers on the web can lead you down the wrong path. Kudos to you for continuing to investigate! Enjoy your find instead of nuking it lol