Plant and coral id!!!

[fishman1234]

I have had this coral for a while now and some people tell me its a zoanthid and some say its not......I NEED CONFIRMATION!

I have this plant growinf in a few places in my tank and i just cant find out what it is.....ANYBODY HAVE A GUESS? Its clear/white in color. Some one told me it might be Mermaids....(something). I cant remember the name.

 

[NirvanaFan]

I'm not sure on the plant, but the first picture looks like a palythoa to me (very similar to a zoanthid).

 

[Capt_Cully]

#1, Paly

#2, some kind of algae

#3, Bryopsis- hand prune, buy Kent Marine Tech M and a magnesium kit if it gets out of control, it can be a real PITA if it takes off.

 

[fishman1234]

2 and 3 are the same things just in different spots in the tank.

 

[tmz]

The first is a zoanthid; more precisely a palythoa or protopalythoa. Palys are zoanthids;so are zoanthus and a few other things. They all belong to the family zoanthidae.

The second looks like bryopsis ,a nuisance algae to me.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

2 and 3 are the same things just in different spots in the tank.

give cully a break- his PC is on the fritz and his eyesight is getting worse!

These critters have already been identified.
#1 is a Protoplaythoa which is a type of Zoanthid

Cyanobacteria and Bryopsis are indicators that nutrient limitation and export must be improved upon

 

[fishman1234]

alright thanks guys for the ID's.....and cully good luck with the eye sight and your computer haha. One other question too....Do you guys think that if i were to get a tank or other herbivorius fish that it would eat that plant???

 

[Jacwil]

Do you have a skimmer?

Could you list some info re: your system? Aquarium size, filtration, types of fish and feeding regiment?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

this is what Justin is leading up to

alright thanks guys for the ID's.....and cully good luck with the eye sight and your computer haha. One other question too....Do you guys think that if i were to get a tank or other herbivorius fish that it would eat that plant???

herbivorous fish= in one end, out the other. PO4 fuels nuisance algae. Herbivore poop will fuel nusiance algae. The key is to set your reef aquarium up so poop gets filtered out. That's the only way herbivores are ultimately successful in a closed system- otherwise it's just a PO4 loop that keeps fueling algae growth. Kapeesh?

 

[Capt_Cully]

Now that I see it on an iPad vs the iPhone, obviously the same. But you can't say I was wrong. :fun5:

Look up Bryopsis and Kent Marine Tech M. It works IME.

Fish are hot and miss but a rabbit fish might help you. MIGHT.... I'd go the magnesium route if it gets out of control, and it can.

 

[tmz]

Bryopsis is not on many menus. Apparently it taste bad. Clean up any pockets of detritus,rip it out when you see it and control NO3 and PO4 and it will wane eventually.

 

[fishman1234]

Alrighty Kapeesh! Thanks a lot guys. For Jacwil its a 125 with 55 sump and I have a huge reef octopus skimmer. I have a reactor but not using it heavily cause I think its clogged....so I have been using filter bags and putting them in between the pieces of glass so the water runs right over them. I have a melaranus wrasse, 6 chromis, 4 clowns....and a good size clean up crew. I feed a little flake in the mourning then a cube of mysis at dinner time. Once in a while I will give the clean up crew some of that sea weed algae paper stuff (the name escapes me right now).

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

the name

the name

rhymes with Lori