Halimeda

[bohlke]

This has been ided as Halimeda, does it relocate ok? Maybe it would be good for a refugium?

 

[Wuhssie]

yeah you can relocate those. you can actually break off a piece and insert it into the sandbed. it'll put out roots. what type of coral is that? are those zoanthids? the tentacles are VERYY long

 

[bohlke]

Yellow polyps, yeah the tenticles are quite long. Whats the easiest way to control the growth? Will is spread all over the tank?

 

[jrhupp]

I don't believe that is in the genus Halimedia. If it is calcareous it maybe a Udotea, or some closely related genus. If not calcareous, maybe a Avrainvillea species.

Jay

 

[bohlke]

Are any of those beneficial, or should I just get rid of all of it?

 

[jrhupp]

bohlke,

That depends on what kind of benifit you are looking for. If you are looking for something that rapidly uses up available nutrients, I don't believe they would be of much benifit. If you are looking for an interesting marine organism to add diveristy to your tank, I think it would be of great benifit. I have not know members of the two genera I listed to be particularly rapid grows or to cause harm to tank mates. So assuming it is in one of those two genera, I would lay odds that keeping it around would not be a detriment to your tank.

Jay