is this aiptasia or zoo?

[shoelevy]

hi

can anione help...i'm confused if this is aiptasia or zooanthid

they just grew out of no where in my tank

[Melvyn Tan]

Looks more like yellow polyps...anyway great to see you around.

[woonming]

They are zoos.

[RAV-65]

They are zoos.

Zoos???? definitely look more like aitapsias to me... try toughing it with a pair of tongs or something, see if it retracts inwards.... I'm pretty certain they look like aitapsias...

[cityofangels]

They look like aiptasia to me.

[shoelevy]

Zoos???? definitely look more like aitapsias to me... try toughing it with a pair of tongs or something, see if it retracts inwards.... I'm pretty certain they look like aitapsias...

i tried that

they retracted pretty quickly

so wat do u think?

mel...yeah..i'm still around...uni life taking my attention away so seldom post nowadays...but i still come in once in a while

[Flame-Tail]

They look like aiptasia to me.

I think so too.

[Melvyn Tan]

They cluster together....

[dandelion76]

Time to pay Henry of ML a visit.. he has got a secret weapon to take them all out (see ML "Reef Nugget" in the forum)

[riot]

I dunno about you guys, but from the pix they look like yellow polyps to me. Are the tentacles long? Maybe a closer pix will clear the air.

[spaceman]

they also look like yellow polyps to me! do they move to different location on the rock? if not my guess is yellow polyps!

[ozy]

Actually, they are yellow polyps, and from what I read online, they seems to be related to aitapsias. So I guess they are not zoos.

[zarkon]

Throw in a copperband. If it's there it's not aitapsias.

[cityofangels]

I was reading this website and found something which looks really similar to what you have.

Hitchhikers Guide

Go to the above webpage and scroll down until you see

COLONIAL HYDROIDS. It's in the first Quarter of the webpage.

Hope it helps!

[FuEl]

Those are pretty much harmless. Common name is yellow star polyp. Does'nt harm fish. If you feed them enough (with golden pearls, rotifers, etc) they get very attractive and will begin spreading by splitting.

[angmoh]

i also found on my LR ... but they are in brown color !

but at the same time i also found a couple of AIPTASIA ! any idea how to get rid of them ? using barehand or ?

[cjh]

Those are pretty much harmless. Common name is yellow star polyp. Does'nt harm fish. If you feed them enough (with golden pearls, rotifers, etc) they get very attractive and will begin spreading by splitting.

wow.. bro fuel how did u get them to swim in the open?? mine always hide in the cave with my pistol shrimp...