aptasia?

[thirty6]

doesnt really look like aptasia compared to some of the other pics i have been comparing too on forum, any help is appreciated.

 

[thirty6]

pic was taken with cell phone, best i could do

 

[Widdy]

Possible Colonial Hydroids. Google for images and compare. If they are, get rid of them ASAP.

 

[thirty6]

thanks, i took a look. only really good pic i saw they had a yellow color to them...and of course they are hard to get rid of and no livestock feasts on them as a natural predator. i only saw on one rock. hopefully someone else will confirm this or say its something else before i go home and remove the rock

 

[Widdy]

Something like this?

 

[thirty6]

yeah, the ones i have are white and look a bit more feathery. just pluck em off? read to smother with kalk paste too?

 

[Widdy]

Don't pluck them off as that'll risk pieces falling off and spreading in the tank. When I had them I tried a kalk paste and epoxy them. But they managed to find a way around them. As a last resort, I took the whole rock out and blow torching it It was out of water for no more than 5 minutes, and with the torching all the coralline died. Yours still seem isolated so you may have better luck than I did.

 

[thirty6]

I removed the rock last night, just did another look at rock work in tank.....may have caught it quick....but w/my luck ill wait and see

 

[Widdy]

That's good to hear. Were you able to confirm they were indeed that nasty pest?

 

[thirty6]

i was not able to confirm, but the more i looked at the pics of them online i didnt want to chance anything and removed the rock. thankfully i only had to move one rock to get to it. thanks for your help.