Hitchhiker ID?

reptileguy112 · Mar 8, 2015

Sorry the pic is small. I got a zoa from from aquaworkz and it has a little block of red and these little stiff blue polys you can see scattered everywhere.

strone · Mar 8, 2015

Can you get a better pic?

reptileguy112 · Mar 8, 2015

Sorry, I know its a crap pic. I will take one in the morning because I don't want to wake up my chameleon and lovebird.

strone · Mar 8, 2015

Sounds good. Have a good night

reptileguy112 · Mar 8, 2015

strone · Mar 8, 2015

The red looks like a form of coralline and the blue polops look like a type of flower coral coral. But it's still hard to tell. Is the red specimen like a sponge or solid?

Fin · Mar 8, 2015

Still had to tell for sure in the picture. Might be blue clove polyps. Might be anthellia. Might be a number of things. Clove polyps and anthellia are cool, but can become invasive. If that were my frag, I would erradicate them while they are still small and few in numbers. The red and pink blotches look like coralline algae.

strone · Mar 8, 2015

I concur with fin. Might be anthellia, that's a good possibility.

the new guy · Mar 8, 2015

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Any ideas on what this little guy is I spotted him attached under my yellow scroll

usc_lax9 · Mar 8, 2015

Looks like a worm to me.

strone · Mar 8, 2015

That's exactly what it is. I have them and they like to make a web type trap to catch floating food.

Arron209 · Mar 8, 2015

strone said:
The red looks like a form of coralline and the blue polops look like a type of flower coral coral. But it's still hard to tell. Is the red specimen like a sponge or solid?

^Exactly. I would put some some superglue or putty over them. Had some blue clove polyps that started off looking cool but took over a large part of my last tank.

the new guy · Mar 8, 2015

strone said:
That's exactly what it is. I have them and they like to make a web type trap to catch floating food.

Thank you should I worry about him or just let him hang around

strone · Mar 8, 2015

I don't like them in my DT because the web will cover or be touching my Zoas and brain coral. It's a matter of preference. But they are great for a refugium.

Arron209 · Mar 8, 2015

The New Guy, it looks like a vermetid snail. I'd grab some pliers and get rid of that before it multiplies and is everywhere. They trap food using a web and it irritates corals.