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Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:16 pm
by drj1259
I just noticed today these little clear polyps or starfish looking things start sprouting up on my aquarium glass. they are tiny and i cant seem to get a good pic yet but when i do i will post it but they are tiny and have a round white center with like 7-10 arms around it that are "hairy" looking and clear if anybody has a clue what it might be and if it is harmful please let me know
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:19 pm
by Pufferpunk
Stop worrying, I rarely find anything harmful in any of my reef tanks.
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:22 pm
by drj1259
lol ok i was just wondering what they were never saw any thing untill today i was cleaning and noticed like 6 of them clustered in pairs in different spots
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:24 pm
by drj1259
guess im just always over reacting with stuff since its my first SW tank and all...seems like everyday i find something new and then spend 2 hours on here trying to research it. Think wife is gonna shut off internet if i keep this up haha
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:27 pm
by Pufferpunk
You're going to continually find all sorts of goodies coming out of your LR. I once spotted a long spinning worm dart across my tank in my flashlight beam.
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:31 pm
by drj1259
lol nice havent had any thing that exciting yet but any clue what these might be though??
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:43 pm
by Pufferpunk
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:36 pm
by xrayjeeper83
hitchhikers is why I want to do a salt tank
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:04 pm
by drj1259
heres the pic its a hydroid lol thx PP ur just as useful as google .... actually better since I dont have to sift through the bs that google brings up sometimes haha
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:42 pm
by Pufferpunk
LOL, IDK! Hydroids are stingers.
Very cool-looking though.
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 5:32 pm
by drj1259
so those things sting lol???
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:21 am
by Pufferpunk
Yes--everything. And they multiply.
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:47 pm
by drj1259
yes i have noticed that they multiply and quickly lol should i just scrape them off glass or just leave them alone
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:49 pm
by bertie 83
pob best to scrape off and syphon out then imo
Re: Hitchhikers sprouting up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:56 pm
by Pufferpunk
You indeed have hydroids if you see the creatures from the WWM site:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hyzoanidfaq.htm
Also, they are notorious for killing mushrooms and ricordea. The best method for removal is to remove the rocks you see them on and dip in FW for one hour. Then rinse and return to tank. Before you do this please remove any corals you want to keep ads they will not survive this dip. It is possible that the hydroid survives and if so, repeat a second time.
You should be able to see the hydroids and select the infected rocks. If they are in the sand bed than you should siphon out those sand grains and replace with new.