Hydroids?

[pakanotnice]

I’ve been looking all over and nothing seems to quite look like what I have on my glass. I could see the possibility of Hydroids. I also had a hitchhiker tube worm on my chaeto, could these be babies? Also not sure if it’s aptasia because it’s on the glass. They are also clustered in the corner but so tiny. And please ignore my cloudy water I just fed Phyto. Any help is appreciated!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, those are medusa-stage hydroids (i.e. hydroids in a jellyfish-like state of life rather than a polyp stage).

 

[pakanotnice]

Yeah, those are medusa-stage hydroids (i.e. hydroids in a jellyfish-like state of life rather than a polyp stage).

Should I scrape the glass? Or let them do their thing?

 

[hoffmeyerz]

Ok, gotta say those things look bonkers and with a name like Medusa they better not show up in my tank or I'm burning it down!!!!
Just say'n

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Should I scrape the glass? Or let them do their thing?

They usually go away on their own, but scraping them off/suctioning them out shouldn’t hurt.

 

[Jason Scalise]

you dont "need" to do anything per se. they will run their course. if you scrape them off glass, no harm...but likely no real gain either. I suspect they will be gone in a couple weeks.