Any ID on these critters ?
 

I have searched the web for umpteen hours ....

Flowers and Green Whiskers showed up about a week after adding the LR to the tank. It was cured for 3 months in the dark, but I understand how things can lay dormant forever ....
It's been maybe 3 weeks and they aren't spreading too fast, but I'd like to know what I'm dealing with :smile:

Some of the green "stems" have sprouted white "flowers" and one of my Astrea snails now has them for backpacking

There are 3 things I'm asking about;
-The Green Stems ( some with white flowers )
-The Green Flowers with White centers
-The White Flowers

Thanks for your help

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clove polys for the first and green zoanthids for the second... both are good , the cloves grow fast. both are very hardy and i bet can survive cycling.

the green stems are a type of macro...i would remove it if you could:) cheers

a tang would graze the macro easily enough:)

Great ! Thanks for that
I don't want to put any fish in yet as I still have some LR to install, but was hoping a Tang would munch this stuff

Hopefully I can get the LR in soon as I'd like to get started on stocking :smile:

I've been told that I should burn the macro ... this leads me to want to remove the rock and use my propane torch :twised:
I have tried tweezers on it and it comes back as I can't get the whole stem

Wadda ya think ?

Safe enough to wait a month or so before I get a Tang and hope the macro doesn't grow all over everything ?

yep leave it for now, and put the torch away lol

absolutely your tang will demolish it anyways. peroxide will also take it out but would make a nicer dinner for your fish:P

OK !!
Thanks both of you
I'll stop worrying about it for now, although I'll keep an eye on it

I'd sure like to get a Tang soon, but am still curing more LR :wink:

If you have the torch out burn the clove polyps too. They'll reach plague proportions in no time. I have the blue ones in my tank and there's no way to get rid of them.