What is growing on my glass

[gabedickerson94]

Hello all! I found this little guy stuck on my glass and thought he looked cool. He is on the side of my glass that I do not clean for all my copepods that like to hang out there. Hopefully it is nothing bad but hopefully someone might know what it is!

 

[SaltyBlue]

Looks cool, it’s a hydroid

 

[gabedickerson94]

Looks cool, it’s a hydroid

Would you recommend removing it to prevent spreading?

 

[SaltyBlue]

when I had them early on in one system they resolved without my doing anything. For some people they turn into headaches. I’d probably try to pluck it out

 

[castellanamattia]

Hello all! I found this little guy stuck on my glass and thought he looked cool. He is on the side of my glass that I do not clean for all my copepods that like to hang out there. Hopefully it is nothing bad but hopefully someone might know what it is!

This looks like a hydroid - related to jellyfish and corals that can, if there are too many, irritate some corals. I have very few of them in my display and some in my sump, but I never noticed anything negative or a problem. Just admire the diversity in your tank

 

[lieberca]

I would have guessed aiptasia anemone. Is it the "stubby" tentacles that leads you previous posters to say hydroid?

 

[gabedickerson94]

I would have guessed aiptasia anemone. Is it the "stubby" tentacles that leads you previous posters to say hydroid?

Yes I believe it is a hydroid from some research I did on them. They honestly look pretty cool when they get bigger. Hopefully they don’t bother any of my corals!!

 

[lieberca]

Yes I believe it is a hydroid from some research I did on them. They honestly look pretty cool when they get bigger. Hopefully they don’t bother any of my corals!!

I'd never even looked into hydroids until I saw this post, so I'm happy to learn something new today! :]

 

[BriDroid]

They come and go. My old tank had them after a few months, then they slowly went away. My new tank at about a month or so old is starting to get them. They too will go away on their own.