Vines growing through zippers...

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

hey guys
I found these viney type things growing between my pink zipper polyps. Can anyone tell me what they are and if I need to qt?

Lionfish Lair · Nov 17, 2016

It's probably just sponge.

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

Well it's irritating them....so I don't quite know. I pulled it all off.

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

Thanks for the quick reply

Lionfish Lair · Nov 17, 2016

It could hydroids as well, but I'm on an iPhone and can't tell enough detail.

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

Another random question, when a stomatella loses its tail-will it die?
Will the tail grow into another snail? Lol
So that happened today

Lionfish Lair · Nov 17, 2016

It won't die. It's like a lizard giving you something to play with while it runs away. It won't form a new snail either.

I'm opening the other photos in photoshop now.

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

you're the best!

Lionfish Lair · Nov 17, 2016

Hydroids. I shouldn't have spoke so quickly that first time... I'll be more careful.

ahiggins · Nov 17, 2016

Yuck. How did I get them? I never had them before...
Is there a way to get rid of them?

Lionfish Lair · Nov 17, 2016

I believe you just nicely removed them

. They just hitch on in. One of my tanks I had a few show up after several years and no additions. I wouldn't do anything more than you've already done. You could scrape that frag with a toothbrush, but do it outside of the tank.