tiny pod ID please

[azocean709]

Sorry there is no picture as i have yet to get a digital camera....i have tons of the little lice looking cope pods, but after being gone for a week i have little pods stuck all over the glass that look like: a white sugar sized dot in the middle with 5 little , almost translucent arms that sway in the current. the size of the things are maybe a 32nd of an inch across. they almost look like tiny baby starfish, but they do not move. I have looked and looked and can gather nothing of what they are. any help would be great..
thank you.

 

[blazehok68]

If It Looks Like A Starfish, Then It Is Probably An Asterina Star.

 

[azocean709]

it does look like an itzy bitzy little star, but they don't move...and my tank has been up for quite some time, and all of a sudden they appeared...I did add two 10 pound chunks of live rock...about 2 or 3 weeks ago, maybe they came in with them....and there are so many of them...just taking a guess at the front and side glass im estimating about 200 or so.
anyone else have any ideas?

 

[bonebrake]

Do they look like this?

These are harmless hydroids. I have about 200 or more on the glass in my 24 gal. nano cube. I blow them off every week and they come back.
:joy:

 

[azocean709]

Originally Posted by Bonebrake
Do they look like this?

These are harmless hydroids. I have about 200 or more on the glass in my 24 gal. nano cube. I blow them off every week and they come back.
:joy:
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!! thanks for the info bonebrake. does anything eat um? my firefish eat the crap out of the copepods, but i dont see them touching these hydroids.

 

[dennycrane]

Geez Doc, where have you been? I've had those things on my glass forever and couldn't figure out what they were. I assumed they were plankton anemones or aiptasia. My pep shrimp loves them.

 

[bonebrake]

My clowns have nibbled a few, but not many.
:joy: