Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please.

Babomonkey · 02-16-2007, 07:43 PM

I have seen only a few of these guys... Now they are everywhere! What in the world are they??

Thanks for any help!

saltwaterfarm · 02-16-2007, 08:29 PM

Never seen them before, but they look cool!

Snelly40 · 02-16-2007, 08:45 PM

ahhh, i had those at one time and i was flippng out, calling everyone but couildnt get a pic like that.
the best explanation i got were baby starfish, and they were gone within a week, they'll get eaten if thats what they are

i was worried at first it was aiptasia,or baby apt, but they dissapeared and i have never seen them again

rDr4g0n · 02-16-2007, 08:55 PM

at first glance i think starfish as well...

cheeks69 · 02-16-2007, 08:58 PM

Could be Sea Spiders or Hydroids.

XBwlr · 02-16-2007, 09:08 PM

Some type of hydroid... ?

http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...hitchodds.html

Half way down the page.

Babomonkey · 02-16-2007, 09:12 PM

Oh good......

They can sting and are not a good thing to have........... From what that site says.

I can remove them , not sure how I can so that or wait till thire food their food sources are consumed and they will die off. I wonder what they eat?

XBwlr · 02-16-2007, 09:16 PM

You could use an airline or another type of small tubing to siphon them out.

Use the small tubing so it doesn't fill you bucket so fast while you're looking / chasing those things around your tank.

BoomerD · 02-16-2007, 09:17 PM

Looks like a hydroid to me...can't remember the species now, but...

Babomonkey · 02-16-2007, 09:21 PM

Well a good thing is they are not free swimmers , and they are on the glass and back of the tank.

It's time for war......

Thanks for the help.

flyforfood99 · 02-16-2007, 11:27 PM

I had those popping up on the glass on my tank like nuts for about a month and a half after I first set it up. Occasionally I still get some. Most I just wiped off with my magna float thing but the ones on the back I didn't wipe off appeared to have turned into a sort of curled up feather duster. I don't think they are a bad thing, maybe just a juvinile form of that species.

Dentoid · 02-16-2007, 11:49 PM

Looks like tiny BB holes in the glass!

dragonladylea · 02-16-2007, 11:54 PM

Those are a Hydroid Jellyfish, no need to siphon they usually disappear pretty quickly on their own.

Jorgens · 02-17-2007, 12:16 PM

I've had thse thing for 3 months!! I couldn't get a pic like that. Nice work!!

They don't appear to cause any harm but what do I know yet. They come off with the maganafloat. And reappear in a day or two...

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Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,043 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. ahhh, i had those at one time and i was flippng out, calling everyone but couildnt get a pic like that. the best explanation i got were baby starfish, and they were gone within a week, they'll get eaten if thats what they are i was worried at first it was aiptasia,or baby apt, but they dissapeared and i have never seen them again __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

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Babomonkey Tubeworm Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 33 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. Oh good...... They can sting and are not a good thing to have........... From what that site says. I can remove them , not sure how I can so that or wait till thire food their food sources are consumed and they will die off. I wonder what they eat? __________________ Aquapod 24 gal full of goodness!

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XBwlr Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kingston, Ohio Posts: 1,157 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. You could use an airline or another type of small tubing to siphon them out. Use the small tubing so it doesn't fill you bucket so fast while you're looking / chasing those things around your tank. __________________ ~Scott

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Babomonkey Tubeworm Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 33 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. Well a good thing is they are not free swimmers , and they are on the glass and back of the tank. It's time for war...... Thanks for the help. __________________ Aquapod 24 gal full of goodness!

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flyforfood99 Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 89 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. I had those popping up on the glass on my tank like nuts for about a month and a half after I first set it up. Occasionally I still get some. Most I just wiped off with my magna float thing but the ones on the back I didn't wipe off appeared to have turned into a sort of curled up feather duster. I don't think they are a bad thing, maybe just a juvinile form of that species.

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Jorgens Scopas Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 434 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Very strange and spreading! Whats are these! Id please. I've had thse thing for 3 months!! I couldn't get a pic like that. Nice work!! They don't appear to cause any harm but what do I know yet. They come off with the maganafloat. And reappear in a day or two... __________________ Proud member of the 200+ Club! http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...gens/Aquarium/ I have no fear of falling. Hitting the ground SUX tho....

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