Blue flowers on rock?

[JayChen]

My friend got a bubble tip anemone from a LFS and the owner couldn't cut the rock so he gave him the whole rock and it has this blue flowery like plants living on the rock, anyone knows what it is?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Look like blue clove polyps

 

[my86iroc01]

Don't know whats its called, but it spreads like crazy.

 

[JayChen]

Don't know whats its called, but it spreads like crazy.

It looks very cool tho

 

[cloak]

Bad news IME. Beautiful, but sooner or later they will be EVERYWHERE... Be careful . GL

 

[Backreefing]

In a fully stocked reef aquarium they will be harmless. But in a new aquarium with lots of realestate they can spread like locust.
With little space they will prevent algae ( not space uncovered )

 

[cloak]

Huh?

 

[C. Eymann]

Bad news IME. Beautiful, but sooner or later they will be EVERYWHERE... Be careful . GL

+1

mini blue cloves aka sarcothelia are the spawn of Satan in a reef tank!

They make dealing with Aiptasia look like a walk in the park.

OP, I'd 86 those out of your tank asap.

 

[JayChen]

+1

mini blue cloves aka sarcothelia are the spawn of Satan in a reef tank!

They make dealing with Aiptasia look like a walk in the park.

OP, I'd 86 those out of your tank asap.

No wonder the owner gave out the rock lol

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

My friend got a bubble tip anemone from a LFS and the owner couldn't cut the rock so he gave him the whole rock and it has this blue flowery like plants living on the rock, anyone knows what it is?

Really nice,comrade

 

[AllIDoisReef]

They do spread like crazy. I thought mine were isolated on an island but they would drop to the sand and then take over the tank.

 

[JayChen]

They do spread like crazy. I thought mine were isolated on an island but they would drop to the sand and then take over the tank.

Did you get rid of it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

+1 sarcothelia
The light lustrous blue polyps of Sarcothelia are beautiful when viewed close up but the beauty is soon lost when this species becomes a menacing blue mat. Like the other offenders such as yellow polyps, blue Sarcothelia can cover a lot of surface area quickly and it also stings nearby corals These polyps are even harder to individually remove than yellow polyps but can be done with gel glue or a coverage of Lakl paste mixed with water.

 

[AllIDoisReef]

Did you get rid of it?

I broke down the tank and upgraded.

 

[rkpetersen]

Yet another voice here regarding the extreme danger of BCP.
Once they're well-established, it's very hard to get rid of them short of a reboot.
They grow on rocks, glass, and sand, and on the edges of many LPS and SPS corals, gradually replacing them.
I think I read where someone said that tuxedo urchins will eat them, but I haven't tried it and would be surprised.
My Pyramid butterfly, who eats xenia, has no interest in BCP.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Yet another voice here regarding the extreme danger of BCP.
Once they're well-established, there is no way that I know of to get rid of them short of a reboot.
They grow on rocks, glass, and sand, and on the edges of many LPS and SPS corals, gradually replacing them.
I think I read where someone said that tuxedo urchins will eat them, but I haven't tried it and would be surprised.
My Pyramid butterfly, who eats xenia, has no interest in BCP.

Just saw that recently from Jimmy pop Colson. He uses the BCP to separate the bases of his acros. He said when he needs space he let's tuxedos knock them back

 

[rkpetersen]

The other approach people use successfully is adding fenbendazole to the tank.
There are threads here about using it.
However it might also kill snails, green star polyps, and xenia. And other soft corals and gorgonians.
It also appears to be extremely difficult to remove from the tank completely, once used.
Might be months before you can add sensitive corals back to the system.