Brown Palys, hundreds in tank, ID? (pics inside)

[gmate]

I recieved a rock with about a dozen brown Paly polyps on it two years ago. Since then, the coral has taken over my tank. It's in about five different spots. I have easily over 300 or 400 polyps of this coral in my 72g display, concentrated in four or five major colonies.

I am constantly using a razor blade to kill polyps and keep them away from my SPS colonies.

Any help to identify this particular polyp? It's nothing spectacular or gorgeous. Just looking to see if there's a name on this coral.

Thanks,

Glenn

 

[degibson84]

looks like a plain old button polyp as they are called at my LFS

 

[650-IS350]

Protopalythoas

Same mold as these.
http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=10995

you can check here for future reference
http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=15

 

[A. Grandis]

Well, actually I think it would be pretty safe to call them Palythoa spp. now.

Grandis.

 

[oceansempire]

Purple or green seafoam palys. Hard to tell what color and what lights they are under.

 

[650-IS350]

one of the most invasive growers out there.. superfast growth and will even grow on your other Zs and Ps.

 

[JerryD120]

Looks to me what we call down here in Texas to be Texas Trash. And as stated above, they will over run everything in the tank. I had some and didn't know it until someone told me about them.