These Palys? are taking over

[birddog486]

Not sure what to do about these but there starting to take over. I'm thinking its time to introduce a fish to combat these.

 

[Patrick.S]

I'm no expert, but those look like pest anemones to me...

 

[sde1500]

Yep, not a paly, def pest anemone.

 

[rickzter]

Take that rock out if you care for the future of ur reef.

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[BeachBumm]

Kinda look like duncans but hard to say .

 

[CrayolaViolence]

They look like some form of super aptasia.

 

[JohnnyHildo]

if it were me i'd separate that rock and any other the coral is growing on from the others and begin curing/cycling a new piece of rock in a pail with a heater, pump and weekly doses of lanthanum chloride.
in about 6 weeks you should be able to move the new "pestless" rock into your system and remove the infested one.

 

[birddog486]

Pulling the rock isn't going to take care of the issue, I've let it continue for to long to have that as an option. I'm thinking maybe introducing a filefish or some type of butterfly would be a good option.

I have several pep shrimp in the tank but I've never seen them near these. I looked into nudi's but I think my wrasse would demolish them.

 

[organism]

They look like majanos, which I'm not sure if peppermints eat. I don't know much about the fish options but they're worth looking into. Seems like manual removal might take forever...

 

[CoralOfDuty]

get a filefish quick. just watch he dont eat the rest of your softies.