HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please I/d THIS!

[Rob&Gab]

This was on a few zoas at a store i was at and i was scared to buy them Cause of it. it is so small its about 2mm in size like a BB pellet for a pellet gun.

 

[XavierZ06]

Looks like patrick

Kidding, more like an egg of some sort

 

[Rob&Gab]

What kind of Egg!. ?!? anyone no? this is no bueno.

 

[pensfan]

Never seen anything like that before. What is the texture of it?

 

[Rob&Gab]

spikey! and it was on the zoanthids.! there was a bunch of them i have never seen anything like this. My girlfriend was bugging out. Then i started to bug out. They look like little mine sweepers. lol. But forreal i have no clue what the heck these things are any help will be Thanked allot.!

 

[Rob&Gab]

It was i dont really no the texture like i didnt open it up. i should have tho to see what was inside. But i didnt want to at the momment.

 

[bct15]

It's a type of formaniniferan, the ones in my tank are usually purple...this pic is from the hitchhikers guide on chucks addiction

 

[Rob&Gab]

Is it a good thing or bad thing?

 

[Rob&Gab]

ZThat was the color of the one i had like a blue purple. color.

 

[pensfan]

Lol. Mine sweeper is what came to mind when I saw it too.

 

[bct15]

Is it a good thing or bad thing?

I don't worry about them, in fact I forgot I even had them in my tank until I saw your pic. I don't think they are a problem.

 

[Rob&Gab]

I hope not, Its our first time seeing them and i never seen them on zoanthids. so i dont no what the heck they are. i dont want things running around the tank destroying things.

 

[matty0206]

They won't hurt anything, here you go: Foraminiferans by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

 

[Rob&Gab]

I went to it. Thanks for the link, I am just hopeing that it was a 100% I/D

 

[Ai71]

They are quite strange and your rite they do look like little mines lol.. The zoa war conspiracy against sps:boom: