Pest/coral id please!

[zheka757]

I have alot of stuff going on on this frag, but I'm just curious about this flower looking things all over this plug, I have them growing in spots of my tank, and don't like them, want to get rid of them. In this picture they are mainly on the right side of the frag. Thank you

 

[fishguy242]

hi, think i see clove polyps with aip nems mixed in.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Aptasia anemones which also sting coral. Easiest method to rid of them is: Using syringe, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

 

[zheka757]

hi, think i see clove polyps with aip nems mixed in.

Just Googled clove polys, yes they sure do look like them, only I don't know the size of them. Mines are about 1/4" in size, and grow very fast. And boring brown

 

[fishguy242]

could be type of sympodium also, kalk paste as vetteguy said will melt them,
but do in moderation ,not to spike alk, or drop ph .
what size is your tank ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

sympodium way over to the end or pocci may be what you have

 

[zheka757]

could be type of sympodium also, kalk paste as vetteguy said will melt them,
but do in moderation ,not to spike alk, or drop ph .
what size is your tank ?

It's huge, 400g. And I'm in process of rescaping my tank in a near future, but I just want to get rid of this guys, I don't see them messing with any corals, even zoantis. I will be tossing the rocks that have them, but they are so small that it very eazy to miss a polyp attached to a base of the coral that I can
transfer.

 

[fishguy242]

a matted filefish may help eat them, but 75/25% chance will eat zoas too.
worth a shot, they are easy to get out at night if become a problem.

 

[zheka757]

So here a another picture, and I was off on size I this they are like 1/8" I'm leaning more towards sympodium, do you guys agree?

 

[zheka757]

So I guess there is no really eazy way to remove them, is it? Can I transfer zoantis of this frag somehow to another without damaging zoantis?

 

[fishguy242]

as far as zoas, try to chip off small chunk of rock under them ,is what i would do,
hammer and chisel, be careful wear PPE.
Not sure if peroxide could help in cleaning these off ?
let's ask @Eagle_Steve on that.

 

[zheka757]

#fishguy242. I aprisiate your help, you always being going beyond just replying answers, in trying to help. Just want to give a special thanks to you!

 

[zheka757]

Managed to scraped zoas of the rock, and reglued them on new plugs, lets see if that did the trick of losing sypdodium corals, and zoas starting to open back up after couple hours of removing them from old plug.