Identifying a purplish star polyps????

[Terry Mattson]

I purchased orange zoas from the lfs about 7 months ago and after a while a purplish star looking matt starting growing. It grows fairly fast.

 

[Gernader]

It looks like xenia, they grow really fast like weeds.

 

[KJ]

I purchased orange zoas from the lfs about 7 months ago and after a while a purplish star looking matt starting growing. It grows fairly fast.

Anthelia polyps. https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...yps&fr=yhs-mnet-001&hspart=mnet&hsimp=yhs-001

 

[Terry Mattson]

Anthelia polyps. https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...yps&fr=yhs-mnet-001&hspart=mnet&hsimp=yhs-001

Thanks, knowing helps. They are pretty as they contrast the zoas and I have a lot of green lps in the tank.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Clove polyps would be my best guess

 

[C. Eymann]

Sarcothelia maybe? if so, not good

 

[Mical]

+1 on clove polyps and they'll probably overgrow your zoas, I'ld separate them soon.

 

[Terry Mattson]

+1 on clove polyps and they'll probably overgrow your zoas, I'ld separate them soon.

How would you seperate? I once took put the rock and scraped them off then carefully applied hydrogen peroxide and worked the areas over with a toothbrush. Put the rock with zoas back and over time the grew back.