Completely Baffled!!!

[scoobydoo]

I'm just doing routine maintenance on my tank and found 2 brownish sun polyps on my LR. 125g only have 2 30W florescent lights. Have a lot of coraline (purple and orange) but NEVER expected polyps. I've had my LR for almost 3 months and they are completely new. I'm so

 

[viper_930]

Sun polyps do not require any lighting. They don't have any zooxanthellae, from what I know.

 

[scoobydoo]

Great! Will they spread? I only have two. I thought Sun corals (this site sells orange and black) were the only ones that didn't need light. Are there other ones I can get? I only add Coral Life and do regular water changes.

 

[nas19320]

You sure they are not one of the pest anenomes such as Aiptasia?

 

[scoobydoo]

yes, they look exactly like the yellow polyps sold here only they are brownish-orange.

 

[scoobydoo]

bump

 

[clarkiiclo]

Does it look like this?

 

[j21kickster]

does it look like this? Astrangia- acommon hitchhiker coral in the gulf

 

[viper_930]

Originally posted by scoobydoo
yes, they look exactly like the yellow polyps sold here only they are brownish-orange.
They could be some type of button polyps or zoanthids.

 

[scoobydoo]

no kickster they don't look like that.