Yellow Polyp's Sting

[Jizu Puentes]

If you have ever wondered if your yellow polyps (parazoanthus) will sting anything here is proof.

My hammer has receded in this area from a single polyp haha. I removed said polyp today

 

[saltyphish]

Mean little boogers.

 

[joshporksandwich]

The only zoanthid that will sting another coral. I swear those things are little aptasias lol

 

[Jizu Puentes]

Hmm they do look EXACTLY like aptasia but yellow lol

 

[Chris Adams]

oh they are nasty invasive stinging suckers. Always wanted some, got them, and with 3 months cleared them out.

 

[Jizu Puentes]

I have mine on my invasive side of the tank with GSP and thought I could keep them and the gsp in check by having hammers and Duncans next to them. I haven't decided on whether I'll take them out yet. The green palys in the pic grow throughout the yellow polyp colony without problem so Idk how they affect the hammer

 

[joshporksandwich]

Yellow polyps release themselves from the colony and start growing all over. My friend @AquamanE had problems with them and eben after i spend hours helping him remove them and scrapping them from everywhere he told me they came back lol

 

[Jizu Puentes]

Aw come on Josh now you make me want to get rid of mine lol. Do you know of any coral that stings them instead of the other way around?

 

[alpineroush]

My frogspawn kept them at bay.