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[lazibonez]

Anyone know what this is? the redish tenticle thing thats growing on the candycane branch.

 

[ming]

looks like a type of brown star polyp.
I had them on an acro once, it killed the acro from the bottom up until i fragged it up.
It might do the same to your candy cane...

 

[lazibonez]

Thanks ming. Yeah this thing does open and recedes so it cant be any macroalgae. Shoot, i guess I have to find a way to get rid of it. Probably, dip the branch only in freshwater.

 

[Domboski]

It looks like Anthelia LOL Ming cursed us all!

 

[samksy]

It looks like Anthelia LOL Ming cursed us all!

I agree!....it's anthelia.

Awsome hitchiker! hahahha!!!!

 

[lazibonez]

Alright, so we all agreed that Ming was the cause of this. :tongue1:

 

[KathyC]

I thought Ming was the Xenia King..not the Anthelia King??

 

[MikeyZO]

Damn you Ming! Damn you straight to hell!

Excuse me whilst I go beat Ming with a stick. :lol2: j/k

btw Lazi... that was the hitchhiker I was talking about when I PMed you about the candy cane. LOL

 

[lazibonez]

Mikey, yeah, I wasnt totally sure what it was at first, thought it was some macroalgae. I guess now its safe to say that they are corals and probably anthelia. They do spread fast, if u dont want them at all, you can try dipping the branch in freshwater say 10-15 mins. The head can be expose to air for this duration of time I think. Let me know if it works so I can try it too...lol. JK.

 

[Dj Orion]

I had a rock with anthelia on it, so I kalked it and it died. If you do Kalk it, just stay clear of the top polyps.

 

[lazibonez]

DJ, I forgot Kalk could have been an option. Anyway, I freshwater dipped the branch, but the anthelia was almost touching the polyp, I had to submerge the bottom part of the polyp. I did this for 10 mins or more. Now the bottom half of the polyps are sliming up, probably dying, and the sad part is that I still see some anthelias on the branches, lol. If the candycane survives, I ll try it with Kalkwasser. Thanks !

 

[ming]

Its not anthelia, its way too small to be anthelia and it doesn't grow much larger then that.
From my experience, its much more closer to star polyps.

 

[lazibonez]

Ming u are partially right, even if its not an anthelia , it still doesnt look like a star polyp to me. If u can ID it 100%, you ll get this actual hitchhiker as a reward, lol. Thanks for your effort man.

 

[adamrose]

Why not just superglue over the polyps... that ought to kill them nice and fast and not hurt the top of the candycane.

 

[DevIouS]

Man...those things get annoying.
They will spread quickly to any surrounding area. Not just by "matting"...
They will drop & spread as well.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/10458-another-id.html#post121944


Glue & scrubbing help for a bit, but they eventually came back.

 

[marki24]

Alan i have some around my candy Cane and its been there for over a year and the candy cane is still alive. What you do with it it is up to you but i decided to leave it alone.

 

[lazibonez]

Thank you all for your inputs. :wink1: I believe I was able to nuke them with a freshwater bath without damaging the Heads of the candycane. Lets just hope they dont come back.

 

[samksy]

Thank you all for your inputs. :wink1: I believe I was able to nuke them with a freshwater bath without damaging the Heads of the candycane. Lets just hope they dont come back.

You need to pee on it to nuke it, or else they'll come back and take over your tank......:sgrin::sgrin::sgrin::sgrin::sgrin:....let's hope they come back soon :bablefish:bablefish:bablefish

 

[BZOFIQ]

I highly doubt this is anthelia. Unless that candy cane head is like 8-12" in diameter.

THis is what Anthelia looks like. My stalks are about 4" long, yours look like the "ultra rare" :lol: star polyp.