Zoas Covered in this wierd crap!

[Shift_9k]

Ok guys these little buggers have been in the tank for close to 2 months now. Never sprouted a head or nothing. I had a hydroid problem on this frag and pulled most of them off and they didnt come back. Instead this crap has been now covering them. What is it? And you guys think these guys are gonners? I tweeze this stuff off daily and it just comes right back in a day or two.

Oh and I might as well ask for another ID while this is open. The second set of pics is a similar looking thing which is growing on the other side of the tank. Pull it out or let it be?

Second set:

Thanks for the help.

 

[suppressivefire]

an id on the zoas are bambams and i have no clue what the other thing is good luck.

 

[dc_909]

Sponge maybe

 

[islandcreation]

Its a encrusting sponge. I irratated my palys and peel it off! Just be careful of not ripping any heads off.

 

[RScovi]

sponge. I use a pair of tweezers and carefully peel the crap back.

 

[MandM]

You could try taking the rock out of the water for a bit. Sponge does not like being exposed to the air and the zoas will be fine for a while if they just stay moist with some drips of tank water. I would wear gloves and gently brush the sponge tissue off with a soft toothbrush and rinse in some regular tank water then dump that water and rinse before going back to the display.

 

[650-IS350]

use tweezers and pull off those sponge

 

[MUCHO REEF]

I concur with Delsol. I make it a habit of removing everything on a rock before it goes into my tank that isn't a Zoanthid or Palythoa. A tooth brush and tweezers will go a long way to prevent those small issues from becoming big ones in the future.


Mucho Reef

 

[Shift_9k]

Yea I kept up with plucking them off, now there is no sign of em.

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