Can anyone ID this growth

[Mikerichardsn]

 

[Wayneb332]

Those look to be zoas. They look good.

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Yeah they are Zoas but in the middle of them there is a blob with what looks to be a mouth it's right where the arrow is pointing to

 

[Wayneb332]

It is hard to tell from the pictures

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Ok let me try and take a couple more

 

[Baby Ray]

It looks like aptasia

 

[kashman100]

+1 aptasia....Super glue gel over the holes they come out of is the way I take care of them

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Ok I haven't seen anything come out of the holes yet

 

[Mikerichardsn]

So your talking about the little brown things right? But what about the mouth that's to the right of them

 

[Wayneb332]

Yes the brown things are aptasia. If you can target just the aptasia with a syringe with very hot water they will let go and you can pick them off. The other thing with the mouth might be a sponge.

 

[Wayneb332]

Try looking up sponge and see if it looks like what you have

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Ok thanks for the info I'll try and get the aptasia off with some warm water

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Doesn't seem to look like any type of sponge that I can find right now. I will keep looking and I'm going to try and get a better video of this thing. It almost looks like the Zoas are attached to it so when it expands and contracts the Zoas move as well

 

[Vincent100]

brown ones deffo aptasia , the other thing is a filter feeder not sure of the name but their no harm at all ,iv got a few of them in my tank ,once it grows more it will have more mouths or holes whatever their called lol

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Ok thanks

 

[AndrewJ]

If you can pull that rock out and QT the whole lot of aptasia, I would do it immediately. There are a lot of ways to kill them off. Aptasia X and other brands , kalkwasser, hot / warm water as mentioned so you can pull them off - which makes me nervous because anything left behind will regrow, lasers, etc. There are also predators for them - I'm sure you can find a ton of info here on the forum. Aptasia will sting your corals and reproduce like wild fire.

 

[Mikerichardsn]

Ok I'll QT that rock first thing tomorrow has anyone had any luck with peppermint shrimp actually eating aptasia?

 

[Wayneb332]

Use a syringe with hot water to target the aptasia. Usually you can suck them up with the same syringe they will just let go. I have done this it works well. Good luck.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Actually, those are a variety of hydroids.

 

[Nibejeebies]

If the hot water doesnt work, ask your LFS for Atlantic Peperment Shrimp, they tend to go eat appys very well. The pacific versions just give them a High Five when they are scurrying past.