Help identify

Who are they? How get rid of them?

 

[Reefing102]

I honestly haven’t a clue

 

[Laurynas]

I honestly haven’t a clue

so far I haven't been able to figure out what it is, the fish don't eat it

 

[OrionN]

It look like they reproduce by budding. Do they move much at all? Animal or plant?

 

[Laurynas]

It look like they reproduce by budding. Do they move much at all? Animal or plant?

the animal basically rests on the bottom of the ground and glass, moving if the current carries them away. does not climb on corals, only one other on the reef itself.

 

[OrionN]

They are Tribbles

 

[Laurynas]

They are Tribbles

Any ideas how get rid of them?

 

[OrionN]

Tribbles are fictional animals that multiply like crazy. There were several weekly episodes on it in various Star Trek.
No, I don't know what it is and don't know how to get rid of them. They appear to be photosynthetic animals (from what you wrote) having algae symbionts.
Do they have visible mouth?

 

[OrionN]

I post a thread on this on Reef2Reef.com. More exposure there
Straight animal ID
I misspelled the tittle and cannot correct it.

This look like an algae to me, rather than an animal. I would try a tang and see if any tang eats it.

 

[Laurynas]

Tribbles are fictional animals that multiply like crazy. There were several weekly episodes on it in various Star Trek.
No, I don't know what it is and don't know how to get rid of them. They appear to be photosynthetic animals (from what you wrote) having algae symbionts.
Do they have visible mouth?

well, they don't have a visible mouth

 

[shred5]

I have never seen anything like it. It does not crawl at all so not a animal.

At first I thought it was a animal.

Then I thought maybe they are settlements from a coral spawn.

It appears to have chlorophyll so maybe a algae of some type..

 

[OrionN]

If you can a macro image of one, or several of these algae would be helpful to ID

 

[Laurynas]

If you can a macro image of one, or several of these algae would be helpful to ID

I will try make in the evening

 

[OrionN]

A very knowledgeable poster on R2R request clear macro pictures of the organism, top and bottom.
Perhaps you can get it out to a petri dish, put on a white background and take pictures.
It looks like an Algae to me.

 

[Laurynas]

A very knowledgeable poster on R2R request clear macro pictures of the organism, top and bottom.
Perhaps you can get it out to a petri dish, put on a white background and take pictures.
It looks like an Algae to me.

 

[shred5]

Those pic make it almost look like Bornetella sphaerica or something pretty similar..

 

[Laurynas]

Those pic make it almost look like Bornetella sphaerica or something pretty similar..

but it is not round. how can it be eradicated?

 

[OrionN]

You should take them submerged in water, not out of the water like that. Anatomy are all distorted out of the water. Show the various view of the organism in normal setting with as much detail as you can. As is, all we see is green glob.

 

[Laurynas]

You should take them submerged in water, not out of the water like that. Anatomy are all distorted out of the water. Show the various view of the organism in normal setting with as much detail as you can. As is, all we see is green glob.

I take few better photo direct from aquarium, maybe it helps

 

[dodgerblew]

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