Id these lil-fellars

[ReefHawke]

So what are these?

Only about 3/8 inch long total. The polyps are about 1/8 in diameter. Those are very small button polyps near them for size reference. They are closed as you can see.

 

[ReefHawke]

Dont seem to need much light. Current lighting they are under is quite dim (18W PC).

 

[reefscape15]

Sorry! No help from me!

 

[ReefHawke]

The stalks are semi-transparent red. What do baby pipe organ corals look like?

 

[Icefire]

look like clove polyps, some pest anemone?

 

[redfishsc]

They look a lot like brown majano anemones based on the bulbed tentacles--- certainly a pest that you want to eliminate.


Now, their base actually looks like a zoanthid base, although I've seen majano in my tank look similar when closed up.


Are they sorta hard like a zoanthid, or soft and squishy like an anemone or xenia?

 

[iamwhatiam52]

I'll tell you what they are, they are ugly!

 

[BuddhaKiss]

looks like clove polyps to me

 

[macronut]

looks like my cloves.....a real pain in the royal u know what to get rid of once they get established. I'm breaking down my tank to irradicate them.

 

[ReefHawke]

Thanks for all the input. I can see them a litle better in real life so here's some observations of mine per the suggested ID's
In this thread and from others on the net...
Folks have suggested...

Clove Polyps: Not a feathery as Cloves
Anemone types: I think folks might be looking at the closed and semi-closed zoa's(button polyps)
Pipe Organ: Lack the bulbous fleshy section at the tip just under the polyps.

Clarification Image

 

[snorvich]

Well a paste of kalk, RO/DI water, and glycerol is likely to give them a difficult time.

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

Salt-water palmtrees
sorry no idea....

regards

Markus

 

[ReefHawke]

Got them under more light now, Moved to a newly set up 24 gal.

Have we got a newly found Species here maybe? I wanta name them! LOL

 

[ebording]

how long have you had them? ive had the same thing in my tank but most of the time they turned out to be very young aptasia