Any ID on these?

[Glass Algae]

The dandelion looking things I can't find an answer to as well as the first Pic which I can't tell if it's the same type of growth or something else.

 

[mtfish]

Those are hydroids. Generally frowned upon as they can sting corals.

 

[Glass Algae]

Those are hydroids. Generally frowned upon as they can sting corals.

Is that the dandelions or the first Pic. More pics hopefully clearer of the bottom formation

Also any ID on the orange sponge stuff that's surrounding it?

 

[mtfish]

The pinkish thing is ball anemone. I never had problems with them. The clear things are hydroids.

 

[Glass Algae]

The pinkish thing is ball anemone. I never had problems with them. The clear things are hydroids.

Their only on this rock that had zoas on it.

Worth fragging off the zoas? Or should I just pick them off?

Any wisdom on that mushroom looking stuff?

 

[Glass Algae]

Willing to frag these today if anyone suggests I do soand would still like an ID on the red orangish sponge mushroom stuff

 

[TriggerFinger]

Do you see any mouths in the “mushrooms”?

 

[Glass Algae]

Do you see any mouths in the “mushrooms”?

Not that I can see at least.

The ones on the left of the stone in the blue light pics ( to the left of zoa colony) have a darker spot in the center but seem flat and attached to the rock.

The "fluffier" ones look more like mushrooms that grow on trees. I dont know a good adjective to describe them.

 

[TriggerFinger]

That’s a perfect description, I thought the same thing. If you take the rock out, see what they feel like and if they close up or anything.

 

[Glass Algae]

That’s a perfect description, I thought the same thing. If you take the rock out, see what they feel like and if they close up or anything.

They feel kind of leathery and do not close up or react to my touch. They feel like they are attached to the rock by the back center of each structure. I feel like they may be easy to scrape off

 

[Glass Algae]

There was a yellow sponge in the front of the rock but that has slowly been decomposing due to lack of nutrients. I tend to feed pellets for a week or two after new acquisitions to try and starve out any bugs or invaders that survived dips

 

[TriggerFinger]

They look like they could be mushrooms. Mouths might not be noticeable until they grow bigger.

 

[Glass Algae]

See

They look like they could be mushrooms. Mouths might not be noticeable until they grow bigger.

Haha noted. They look like actual tree fungus!

Should I pick off the hydroids or maybe frag off the zoas onto plugs or yiu think I should just let it rock?

 

[TriggerFinger]

I think most people would remove the hydroids. Might be easiest to break the rock up and keep some pieces with the zoas and not the hydroids. Not sure if the hydroids are all underneath the fungus/mushrooms or not.