Zoanthus hitch hiked?

[rpkneumann]

This is growing fast and sitting the bottom of my tank on an empty shell.
First noticed it during blue night light with a glowing middle point.

Is this a Zoanthus Colony Polyp?
Should i move it?

 

[Webslinger]

polyp...move it if you like it

 

[PicassoClown04]

Hi yes, probably some kind of palythoa. I would isolate it for now and see if it colors up. If you like it then keep it and if you don’t give it a new home at an LFS or with another reefer

 

[Tango99]

purple people eater zoa?

 

[rpkneumann]

Looks very much like that under blue light. I'll move it to the middle of the tank to give it more light.

 

[rpkneumann]

3-months later .....

 

[PicassoClown04]

3-months later .....

probably a red or purple people eater zoa

 

[rpkneumann]

Thanks you. It came on a very small snail shell which you can see underneath. Its spreading, so it likes this spot.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It’s common Paly known as green mouth button polyps

 

[rpkneumann]

Thanks for the Id. It hitchhiker a ride into my tank was transported on a snail and you eyed for weeks with it. One day 5he snail stopped moving. I believe a hermit caused her demise. I decided to mount it and am now looking forward for it to spread.