Got coral unexpectedly!

[DeniseAndy]

The palys are in the bottom of the picture. Not the bright green ones (those are zoas). This is under full white.

 

[Shatodavis]

The palys to most concern are more pale to brown under full white spectrum. Green under more blue spectrum. I will try to find pics of mine, but not sure I have any. Good luck with the corals. Those are hardy and should do fine.

Quite possible. They seem to look slightly different each time i look.. Should i be concerned as some have suggested? Are they a pest?

 

[DeniseAndy]

Found another under whites.

 

[DeniseAndy]

As you can see in my pictures, yes they are a pest. I did not fully rid system of them until I tore down the rock and sand and dried it out, acid bathed it, dried it and cured it again. Yours are still only a few. I would take full ppe and surgically remove from rock to maintain the rock good stuff.

 

[vetteguy53081]

These are all hardy and and a bonus. For some reason if you would lose them, you lost no money.
They dont have the requirements of most coral other than good water quality. I have many and they dont spread or bother anything. Now Kenyii tree- thats a whole different story

 

[Udest]

Question about the blue coral what is thatone

 

[vetteguy53081]

Found another under whites.

I have these very ones and they have been confined to one rock well over a year and are of no issue to me

 

[DeniseAndy]

That was a monti I had many years ago. It was very pretty. Before all the name stuff, so not sure what they would call it today.

 

[Shatodavis]

Pic

 

[Shatodavis]

Thats with a flash.

 

[fish farmer]

Pic

In my experience the "ugly' brownish green ones are more invasive. I got a couple of small green palys hitchhiking on a "better" looking paly frag I bought at the LFS. It wasn't a bonus....search for "texas trash palys". Easily grows twice as fast at say green dragons eye zoas. But I do have a green centered brown paly which isn't as fast growing and under the right light looks pretty.