Help with ID please

rocketlily · #1 10-30-2008, 01:54 AM

These little reddish things are growing on a rock. They are less that 1/4" high and like a little forest. They disappear in the rock when approached. Can anyone tell me what they might be. Sorry for the bad pic, but they are very, very tiny.

Chowder · #2 10-30-2008, 02:08 AM

They possibly could be Hydroids. If they are they are a pest and not good.

Marlin65 · #3 10-30-2008, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Chowder

They possibly could be Hydroids. If they are they are a pest and not good.

That is what I thought as well but hard to tell from the picture.

rocketlily · #4 10-30-2008, 02:26 AM

Looked up pictures on the internet of Hydroids and I think that is what they are. I've got them in a 10 gal tank. Any ideas of how to get rid of them or am I better off removing the zoanthids from the rock and getting rid of the rock?

Chowder · #5 10-30-2008, 02:51 AM

You can try to chip the zoas off the rock and get rid of the rock.

JDigital · #6 10-30-2008, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by rocketlily

Looked up pictures on the internet of Hydroids and I think that is what they are. I've got them in a 10 gal tank. Any ideas of how to get rid of them or am I better off removing the zoanthids from the rock and getting rid of the rock?

Are these in your contest tank?

rocketlily · #7 10-30-2008, 03:11 AM

Yes, they are in the contest tank. Sorry I didn't put a value on them as I figured they were a free hitchhiker.

I just pulled the rock, doused it in Apitasia X and scrubbed it in with a toothbrush. The zoanthid is starting to open, the mushroom doesn't look so good but the little forest has not yet appeared.

I guess I'll wait and see what it looks like tomorrow.