Waterfaller's blues

[doodle1800]

Carole - you posted this pic in another thread. I have the same things in my tank but thought they were aptasia - but they had greensih centers. They have multiplied substantially. I'll take pics tonight and see if we can identify them.

 

[razoreqx]

Those are button polyps.. a coral.. Its good! and looks like cynobacteria growing on your live rock .. thats bad

 

[doodle1800]

here's one

 

[doodle1800]

2

 

[doodle1800]

last - what do think they are?

 

[royalshrimp]

doesnt look like aptasia to me:yes: they are definately polyps... nice colorful ones i may add:yes:

 

[lestregus]

some people have all the luck

 

[fever]

are those any good my lps has them growing all over his tank? Told me i could have as many as i want they just grow like crazy in his tank

 

[doodle1800]

All I know they are spreading pretty good in my tank. I don't know if they are ok or not - a nuisance? Don't know...

 

[spinner]

My first post, so until I earn my stripes.... These are what I call ananemones or Fiji anemones. While they look harmless, I've found that they not only spread rapidly, but sting anything in their path. They are especially hard on anthelia, xenia and green star polyps.
They are harder to eradicate than aiptasias as peppermint shrimp and butterflies won't touch them. I've had moderate success with injecting them with a rush of air or vinegar.
Scraping them off only makes them mad and causes them to spread more rapidly.
Now that I'm here, I'll soon post some pix of my tanks.
Spinner

 

[maverick005]

Originally posted by Spinner
My first post, so until I earn my stripes.... These are what I call ananemones or Fiji anemones. While they look harmless, I've found that they not only spread rapidly, but sting anything in their path. They are especially hard on anthelia, xenia and green star polyps.
They are harder to eradicate than aiptasias as peppermint shrimp and butterflies won't touch them. I've had moderate success with injecting them with a rush of air or vinegar.
Scraping them off only makes them mad and causes them to spread more rapidly.
Now that I'm here, I'll soon post some pix of my tanks.
Spinner
i TOTALLY disagree, the pictures above are of button polyps or zoo's. they pose NO threat what-so-ever!!!! if your going to kill them i will gladly take them off your hands. these are not aptasia.
-brandon

 

[viper_930]

Originally posted by Spinner
My first post, so until I earn my stripes.... These are what I call ananemones or Fiji anemones. While they look harmless, I've found that they not only spread rapidly, but sting anything in their path. They are especially hard on anthelia, xenia and green star polyps.
They are harder to eradicate than aiptasias as peppermint shrimp and butterflies won't touch them. I've had moderate success with injecting them with a rush of air or vinegar.
Scraping them off only makes them mad and causes them to spread more rapidly.
Now that I'm here, I'll soon post some pix of my tanks.
Spinner
Have you been following along here? They have been called a number of times blue zoos or polyps.

 

[newbienz]

Originally posted by RazorEQX
Those are button polyps.. a coral.. Its good! and looks like cynobacteria growing on your live rock .. thats bad
Its not cyano Its coralline algae...the type of algae reefers strive for
Doodle:: They almost look like zoa's (Zoanthids), but are more than likely Majano anemones IMO.

 

[gregvabch]

i'm still looking for the hair algae.......

 

[old yeller]

Your so-called button polyps may very well be Anemonias! Not good! A type of majano that spreads rapidly and IMO, worse than aptasia! I would remove them ASAP! Better safe than sorry!
If you have Julian Sprung's "Invertebrates" book, go to pg. 62 and look at the top right picture and you will see these nuisance anemones just like yours! Sorry to alarm but people jumping on Spinner when he's probably the only right one here!

 

[thomas712]

Anyone want my 2 cents?
Those doodle pics show that the arms of the so called polyps are much more like anemone instead of polyp arms.
My vote goes with Caroles. majano or other anemone.
Thomas

 

[spinner]

How are they spreading? Zo's or polyps typically spread and multiply as the colony grows. The anemones can pop up anywhere in the tank as current seems to provide more than an adequate means to reach all parts of the tank.
I'd rather have people mad at me than have a tank marred with these anemones. They are a real nuisance and extremely hard to eliminate.
FWIW.
Spinner

 

[doodle1800]

ok my 2 cents... I was hoping they were polyps but now I'm thinking not. Something makes sense now, maybe. I bought a red lobophylia a bunch of months ago. It had one of these anenomes on it, I thought it looked cool so I left it on there. From this they have multiplied like crazy - maybe 2 dozen now. And now my lobophilia has shrunk considerably, and the anenome is now 5 or 6 surrounding it. I'll take a pic of this and show you guys later....
Whats the best way to rid these? My first inclination is to scrub them off.
they spread by the way not as a colony - but all over the tank - even along the glass.

 

[doodle1800]

Carole - are you convinced that yours are polyps or zoos?

 

[doodle1800]

Welcome to the boards Spinner!