What is this on my acro??

[Robink]

There is something sticking out the top of my acro. I dip everything before it goes in. Doesn't seem to be bothering the coral. Picture forthcoming.

 

[Robink]

 

[Robink]

At the top. Has for lack of a better word, little branches.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

do they move? is there an angle where you can see their base.?

 

[Robink]

Not really. And I do think the move around. One was on the outside of the acro. It just looks like a stick with branches.

 

[Robink]

 

[Robink]

It doesnt look like the base is very big. Can't really tell though. It's as if they're just sitting up on top.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

rules out a barnacle. check out bryozoan or foraminiforans should just scrape off with a fingernail.
filter feeder
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

 

[Sabellafella]

These are those string hydroids, your acro can live with them, but they sting.

 

[Robink]

Thank you. Can I do anything to get them off? Or should I just leave them?

 

[Sabellafella]

Im positive i lost a bali shortcake to them, and somehow just found them on my fox flame frag. Just the uncertantcy(if thats a word) made me cut the frag down and try my hardest to scrape them out(hard to see out of water). I also dapped glue around the infected areas so well see. I feel like they stunt coral growth

 

[Robink]

Ok thanks.

 

[Sabellafella]

Ok thanks.

I wouldnt go crazy, if its just the tip, i would clip it off.

 

[elishapep]

thats good to know...always learning something

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

@Sabellafella yea thanks. They look sooo similar to a bryo.

 

[Robink]

Thanks for the info! Always learning.