Please help to identify this pest

AkvaRob · Mar 9, 2020

Hi All,

Does anybody know what are these small green creatures?
They can take over a whole rock, although I fight them continously!

fishguy242 · Mar 9, 2020

hi i do not,nice blue ridge there ,help will come @KJ, ,happy">@KJ, ,happy reefing

vetteguy53081 · Mar 9, 2020

Green sympodium and easy care. . It is fast growing, propagates easily, and is usually found encrusting rocks and shells so plenty of live rock should be added as it will spread

AkvaRob · Mar 10, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
Green sympodium and easy care. . It is fast growing, propagates easily, and is usually found encrusting rocks and shells so plenty of live rock should be added as it will spread

Is there a way to somehow stop the spreading and/or get rid of them completely?

KJ · Mar 10, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!
Separate the infected rock from the other rocks or take it out and bleach it.

AkvaRob · Mar 10, 2020

KJ said:
Welcome to R2R!!!
Separate the infected rock from the other rocks or take it out and bleach it.

Thanks!
Unfortunately its not an option as the rockwork is tied together, and they already spreaded out almost everywhere in the tank

vetteguy53081 · Mar 10, 2020

AkvaRob said:
Is there a way to somehow stop the spreading and/or get rid of them completely?

It is well established. You can replace the rock with new stuff or sell it and buy again, new rock. Boiling is a maybe. There are people out there who love the stuff.

elysics · Mar 11, 2020

AkvaRob said:
Thanks!
Unfortunately its not an option as the rockwork is tied together, and they already spreaded out almost everywhere in the tank

It almost always is an option, just maybe not a convenient one. The other option is that your whole tank will look like that. Hassle now or restart later, though maybe it#s already too late to avoid a restart if you say it is almost everywhere.