Paly id please

[Duddits]

I got these about a month ago in a trade. Started off with maybe 10-12 all about a dime size. They have exploded obviously and are now about the size of a quarter. They are brownish with a really nice green tint in the centers and on the tentacles. What are they?

 

[skinz78]

I hate to bring you the bad news but those are potential pests. I've had them before and they can over run a tank in no time, once you have a ton of them they aren't that great to look at. I'd trade em off if possible for a different palys that are slower growing and more colorful.

 

[On388]

They are called green implosion palys

 

[mark7x77]

I have to agree with Skinz78, that's a very fast growing paly that you'll eventually regret putting in your tank. I've seen a name of green button paly attached to it many years ago when I was starting this hobby.

 

[mainereefer]

green button polyps

 

[Duddits]

Ok up for trade are some really nice palys lol

 

[skinz78]

Hahahaha!

 

[BBoley24]

DEFINITLEY agree... BUT.... you don't have to rid your tank of those guys... what I did was take about 30 of them and tightly glued them together on a spherical rock. Then I buried the rock by itself isolated in a corner of my reef. They look like a giant ball of polyps! And they won't grow past the sand...

 

[xcorallusx]

Look like Sunny D's

 

[Rize2]

look like sunny d's

lol

 

[NanaReefer]

Green Implosion Palys!! I beg to differ but they are a major PITA! Very invasive! When crowded they release themselves and float around til they find a new spot. This is coming from my personal experience with trying to remove them from ALL OVER my tank

See the tiny one under the Hammer? Who says they won't go past the sand?

what the heck? How did they get here?

And more one the other side of the tank? I swear these things have legs!!

 

[BBoley24]

LoL .... come to think of it... I have random ones too... my bad... KILL THEM ALL! jk. I like them because when they pop up different places it is quite wild

 

[joshporksandwich]

Do you mind me asking what did you trade for this button polyps?

 

[scsdukefan408]

I had these...got em because they had a ricordea on the frag plug,but the ricordea came unglued and i have no clue where it is now....so i was left with these ugly brownish polyps which i just left in the back of my tank behind my rock and they started just growing off the plug on the sand.....so now theyve found a new home somewhere

 

[Isoprene]

glad i read this. I have a colony of these just starting to take off...couldn't decide if i want to kill them or keep them....time for some cutting

 

[Duddits]

Do you mind me asking what did you trade for this button polyps?

I traded a sump for them but they weren't the only thing I got in trade. I also got a superman mushroom, some gsp, a purple mushroom, a red mushroom, a hairy mushroom and some pulsating Xenia. The polyps look really nice under my T5's, I hate that they can be a potential nuisance.