Hitchhiker: Xenia or Aptasia?

[daftwazzock]

Picked up my first corals, some LPS yesterday from my lfs. Two varieties of Frogspawn, a duncan, and a GSP frag. On one of the frogspawn theres this little guy hanging out below the polyps though... hoping it's not aptasia. I know for a fact there was aptasia in their systems, they had a whole bunch with their peppermint shrimp (probably as food but still)

I really had to zoom in because the tendrils retract when I tried get up for a closer look.

I did dip in coralRX but cant find Bayer pesticide where I live (probably sold under another brand here)

 

[Phyber]

Baby Frogspawn

 

[daftwazzock]

Baby Frogspawn

I reuploaded and circled the hitchhiker in question.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Looks like Xenia to me. I have single polyps of Pom Pom all over my tank just laying in wait to take over one day.

 

[BloopFish]

Not aiptasia, does look like xenia though.

 

[daftwazzock]

Looks like Xenia to me. I have single polyps of Pom Pom all over my tank just laying in wait to take over one day.

Glad for the confirmation. Think I should remove it, try to relocate it, or leave it be? I like it's motion but don't want it overgrowing my frogspawn let alone the tank.

 

[Bossman]

I have a xenia rock in one of my tanks. I have had to "weed out" some small amounts that seem to grow in other places. But I like the xenia and have found it's not hard to control in my tank.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Is it on a hard tube? It does kinda look like a feather duster, if so I’d just leave it alone.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Xenia is considered by some to be a nuisance but I don't mind it. I wouldn't put it in a new larger tank but its fun to watch.

 

[lapin]

Not aptasia. I wonder if the frog will sting it someday

 

[TreyC2010]

Its not aptasia. I don’t think it’s Xenia either, though. I agree with the above in seeing if that shell is soft or hard. Seems like a feather duster.

 

[jeffchapok]

Looks like a feather duster to me too.

 

[fish farmer]

I'd be concerned about the little tube below that, halfway down. Vermetid snail?

 

[MTBake]

Not aiptasia. Looks like a clove polyp to me.

 

[GabeM]

my money is on xenia or anthellia