I.D. New live rock life.

[saltydoug]

Hi so I have had a 20 gal display 10gal refugium going for 3 months now. All levels are at 0 and 8.2ph 1.025 sg. There is about 27 lb live rock and a 2.5 live sand bed. With a diy protein skimer. Doing very well. ;-). Any ways I have some growth on one of my live rocks it's spreading fast and I have had no luck in ID'ing it. I did have a glass anemone when I first set the live rock up. But that was killed by removing the rock and salt and lemon the anemone. And it looks nothing like a glass anemone. So hope i get some answers thank you all for looking.

 

[flower]

Hi,

LOL...I don't know what that is...but it is NOT the pest glass anemones AKA Aptasia.

 

[bang guy]

It's a Hydroid. It looks closely related to Thyroscyphus sp.

 

[saltydoug]

I was afraid of that. Do you think they are the bad kind. Or are all hydro id bad? Thank you both by the way.

 

[bang guy]

It's finding food if it's spreading. This will take food away from corals and other micro-zooplankton feeders. If it were me I would start using a turkey baster to squirt the colony with boiling water.

 

[saltydoug]

On it. Thank you very much, I will start zapping after work. I'll post my results.