Need help with algae ID. Not sure if I should be worried or not.

[birdman1989]

So the first 2 pictures show almost a white flower or something taking over the coral.

The 3rd and 4th picture are some kind of red/brown algae. It looks like it is growing arms.

Right beneath the polyp i am seeing this black tentacle looking growth.

This is the same red/brown algae as before, but it has attached to the sea urchin.
All of my corals have come from WWC and were dipped twice. None of them come off with blasting with a turkey baster too much. I can pry the red/brown off somewhat. If anyone can help ID these and recommend a treatment, that would be a great help.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Can you post pictures under white lights?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Better pics will help, I think the macro algae’s not bad but those zanclea hydroids are some of the worst plagues in the hobby

 

[birdman1989]

I grabbed a better camera and turned the light to white...any help is greatly appreciated. I think the 3rd picture is aiptasia anemone

 

[NashobaTek]

3'rd picture is aptaisia for sure

 

[AmaleeC]

I grabbed a better camera and turned the light to white...any help is greatly appreciated. I think the 3rd picture is aiptasia anemone

1.) Hydroids.take the coral out of the tank with some water, and rub it gently with a toothbrush. Gets rid of those guys right away. Sometimes they can sting coral so they aren’t always good friends
2.) looks like sponges. Harmless filter feeders. But they seem to be smushing your coral, so you may want to gently scrub them with a toothbrush as well.
3.) aptasia. Known for stinging soft corals, especially Zoas. There’s no “Easy” remedy for them, so you may just want to grab the rock that the aptasia is growing on, and throw it away. OR you can make a “superglue tomb”. It’s where you make a circle of glue around it and then glue the top. Just be careful not to touch it when you do this, because they spread really easily.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

1.) Hydroids.take the coral out of the tank with some water, and rub it gently with a toothbrush. Gets rid of those guys right away. Sometimes they can sting coral so they aren’t always good friends
2.) looks like sponges. Harmless filter feeders. But they seem to be smushing your coral, so you may want to gently scrub them with a toothbrush as well.
3.) aptasia. Known for stinging soft corals, especially Zoas. There’s no “Easy” remedy for them, so you may just want to grab the rock that the aptasia is growing on, and throw it away. OR you can make a “superglue tomb”. It’s where you make a circle of glue around it and then glue the top. Just be careful not to touch it when you do this, because they spread really easily.

Lol super glue tomb, that's awesome

 

[AmaleeC]

Lol super glue tomb, that's awesome

Haha another reefer recommended it and I share with everyone who has aptasia now. Really wish I could remember their username to give them the credit

 

[sixty_reefer]

Personally I would bin the first two frags with hydroids, they can survive the holocaust, will always come back if you feed small particle foods