Help!

storkmpj

Member
I thought that these guys were OK until they have taken over my tank and killed most of the Corals. Please help me get them out!
I don't know what any of these are, but I don't think that they are good. The last pic is bad, but they look like tiny feather dusters.
Thanks.


 

bigarn

Active Member
The 2nd pic is a vermetid snail ... harmless filter feeder. They put out a stringy web to catch particles in the water.
 

c_thru_u

New Member
None of what you're showing would be causing any problems. I think something else is causing your problem.
The first pic looks like a strawberry anenome and the last pic looks like a feather duster I think.
 

spanko

Active Member
First picture looks like a Pseudocorynactis sp.. A corallimorph much like a mushroom coral but with tentacles like an anemone.
 

storkmpj

Member
OK, but can having a bunch of these guys hurt? I have over 100 of the little feather dusters and maybe 20 or 30 anemone things.
 

spanko

Active Member
The feather dusters will not hurt. If I had 20 or 30 Pseudocorynactis I would begin to get some of them out myself. I have maybe 3 in my tank that have not really grown at all over the last several months so I am just leaving them and have had no problems. They are isolated for other coral though.
 
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