What the ?? ID this creature on my Acro please!

[pk1]

Attached to a frag, anyone one have a guess? The little fuzzy things sticking off, not the polyps. Almost look like the hydroid jellyfish I had when I first got my live rock a 5 years back, but these are tree like?? And yes I know about the red bugs, that battle starts next week

Patrick

 

[drake66]

it might be like those little fans that some acros have to eat. i dunno just a wild guess

 

[clkwrk]

my insignis has them also but have no clue what they are called.

 

[BobB]

They look like hydroids to me. What makes you think they're not?

BobB

 

[pk1]

Hey Bob, I wasn't sure either way I assumed(I know!!) hydroid's would not attach to a living organism...I asked Dr Shimek after I didn't get any confident answers here and he confirmed the ID as hydroids. With all the pests that get passed from reef to reef through trading I get a little paranoid I guess

Patrick

 

[G-money]

I think hydroids as well.
Never seen them settle on a coral, though. :eek2:
I don't think they last very long at that stage. I've seen them on live rock before and they were gone within a few weeks.

Oops...too slow!

 

[anathema]

I just got a coral with those also, seems to be doing fine with them heh, haven't seen any sign of them spreading. Let's hope they aren't a new pest.

 

[zenya]

I'll add my "yeah' for Hydroids as well and yes, I got one colony that has them. I just left it as is and were told not worry overly about them. There isn't much could be done about them at this point, really.

 

[RichConley]

maybe I'm missing something, but I dont see the red bugs on that coral, and I've had them before

 

[pk1]

Na Rich, your right...can't see them on that pic. One of the picture's I had taken of the hydroids on this coral, focused on the stag behind it instead...and that one is loaded with em! Sorry, I thought I uploaded that pic also, guess not.

PK