Is this aptasia??

[Anihiel1]

What in the world is THIS?

 

[Sdot]

Looks like it...

 

[Malifry97]

@KJ

 

[Anihiel1]

Argggghhhh
Suggestions...?

 

[Matt Carden]

Doesn't look like the kind I had but mine weren't the dominate ur tank kind.

 

[manlykady]

peppermint shrimp eat them and yes it looks like aptasia

 

[Matt Carden]

Also copper band butterfly

 

[Cell]

Looks awfully stringy for typical aptasia. Could it be some sort of fan/filter feeder?

Touch it then report back.

 

[Anihiel1]

@Cell Touching it with the tweezers caused it to retreat away for a second but it did not retract into a casing.

 

[Cell]

I'd just pluck the bugger off. But some might worry about it spreading as a result. You could inject it with lemon juice or aptasia-x instead.

 

[Anihiel1]

That's going to prove difficult either way, that photo is greatly enlarged. The largest one is roughly 3-4 millimeters.

 

[Anihiel1]

Guess I'm buying some shrimp! Question, will peppermint shrimp be ok with a sea urchin, a horseshoe crab, and golfball-size Mexican turbos...? Other occupants are 1 foxface, 2 cardinals, 3 female +1 male clownfish

 

[Anihiel1]

@Cell it occurs to me, I have quite a few hydromedusa jellies on the glass, could these be related?

 

[Cell]

No clue. I'm not completely convinced its aiptasia.

 

[Anihiel1]

Me either from the images I've seen of aptasia. The main difference I see is not just the color, but these appear to have a segmented body. Like a string of tiny balls ending in the mouth and tentacles. They are not near the corals at all, they are primarily in low light underhangs and crevices in the live rock. Very odd indeed. We need a marine zoologist LOL

 

[KJ]

Hydroids.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hydroids or majano. More like droids. A dab of gel superglue over them will ruin their lives

 

[ScottR]

Hydroids for sure. They will go away in time. I’m assuming it’s a new tank?

 

[Anihiel1]

The tank itself is a little over a year old, but I recently had to ditch the old sand bed after either my urchin or crab killed a large BTA and fouled the entire tank beyond repair. I am still very sad for the anemone, the poor thing. Had to remove & clean everything, get all new sand, added more live rock in the process, and re-cycling. But luckily didn't lose anything else.