CRITTER ID PLEASE

[FoolishWizard]

Got a bunch of these little things... Where my critter pros at?

Are they even the same thing? They are TINY!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Medusa stage hydroids.

 

[FoolishWizard]

Well, those don't sound good...

Researching now.

 

[FoolishWizard]

Scraping them off glass whenever I see them... Is there any known predator for these? Ive seen some things about filefish snacking on them? Any experience, anyone?

 

[shcrimps]

Scraping them off glass whenever I see them... Is there any known predator for these? Ive seen some things about filefish snacking on them? Any experience, anyone?

from personal experience they usually die off after a while, scraping and siphoning out wouldn’t hurt
as for someone to eat them clownfish were hit or miss (wasn’t intentional) had one that would eat them and two that wouldn’t all in the same tank

 

[bushdoc]

Hydroids usually appear in early stages of reef tank and will eventually be overcome by sequence of other organisms.
I wouldn't worry too much, scraping from glass will only have cosmetic effect.
I would let nature take it's turn.

 

[PeterEde]

I found them interesting little critters. They went away on their own