Hydroid ??

[William Norman]

Hi All,

These started growing on my finger leather.

They look like dandelion puffs.

Are they of concern ?

 

[KJ]

Google branching hydroids.

 

[cloak]

The link below might help.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hyzoanidfaq.htm

 

[William Norman]

Great.. doesn't seem to be a way of getting rid of them other then bringing the tank to 94 for a few days. But they are attached to a coral, so I would have to lose the coral. I took the coral out and put in a container with tank water and tried using a toothbrush around the finger coral. It got rid of some but I can still see others left. They look beat up so maybe they will die. The leather wasn't happy about this as its polyps all went in. I wonder if the water got too cool.