Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I added a small thing of zoa's last week and now i am seeing two different things growing on the frag. One i think is a different colored zoa. the other ones, i have no clue about. they are growing on the right side of the disc. Could they be tiny aptasias? thanks for any help. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 baby pom pom xenia? baby clove polyp? small gsp patch? doesn't look like aiptasia to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 My vote is on a nuisance algae. I would take the frag out of the tank and do a quick dip before it takes over your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Looks like blue clove polyp to me. Be weary, it's a fast grower. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 well i would like to try and keep them if they are anything good. but i didnt want the zoas on all my rocks, so i was gonna keep it on the disc. I also dont want multiple color zoas on one rock. should i just break the disc and let them grow seperately? here is a different angle as well, if it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 also if it is one that spreads quickly, would it spread over the sand bed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Did you dip the coral before putting it in your tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 On the sand bed you should be ok. Keep in mind that many of the invasive soft corals have the ability to break off and reattach elsewhere. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thanks for the fast responses! im impressed. no i didnt dip it before i put it in the tank. what would I dip them in? sorry im fairly new to this. I didnt know they could reattach elsewhere. the rocks in my tank are a little big for the tank and It probably wouldnt be easy to remove them to control the spread. thats why i was trying to keep the zoas on the sand bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 there are many different methods for dipping, so you're probably best off doing a little bit of searching around and then coming back with pros/cons for a certain method. Personally i use coralrx for bugs/worms, and then a hydrogen peroxide dip for zoas to get rid of algae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 You should always dip your corals before putting them in your tank. I'm sure there are better articles out there but here is why http://blog.aquanerd.com/2009/06/dip-your-corals-guide-to-avoiding.html As far as what you can use I would do a hydrogen dip http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/12533 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 wow! im glad i came here. is it too late to dip them? i also added a frog spawn. is this safe for all corals? thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 For pest it may be but for any type of nuisance algae it's not. When I did a peroxide did everything reacted to it badly for about 30 minutes then opened up. LPS such as frogspawn are more sensitive to peroxide so I would at least dip the plug. For the zoa you can dip the whole thing or you can spot treat the area with a syringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Where did you get the frag? Did you happen to notice what else was growing in the tank they were in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I dip all mine in Two Little Fishies ReVive Coral Cleaner that I picked up at RCA (I think). It's worked well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 well i dipped it in a hydrogen peroxide mix. it cleaned up pretty good. one did turn a little brown. ill give it time and see what happens. ill definitely dip anything else i add. i dont remember the name, but I got the zoa from a little fish store in killeen. Im not sure what else they had in the tank. im pretty new to all this, so i could only identify the zoas. there were a few other kinds, but the tank was pretty empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Killeen? Shoot you definately need protection then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 haha. yeah thats exactly how i felt about that store. everything else i got at RCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm more inclined to believe that small hitch hiker is the beginning of a majano anemome. The lack of definition on the 'fingers' doesn't look like clove polyps. Clove polyps have more of a feathery appearance on their fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaysStanford Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I'm more inclined to believe that small hitch hiker is the beginning of a majano anemome. The lack of definition on the 'fingers' doesn't look like clove polyps. Clove polyps have more of a feathery appearance on their fingers. I agree this looks like the start of a majano. I had a tiny majano in my tank right next to some pipe organ corals. I never noticed it until it started getting a bit green, but before that it looked like just another pipe organ polyp beginning to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj mike Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 im keeping my eye on them. However i dont really know what to look for. I did notice that with just my actinics on, the very tips glow green, and all three are connected at the base by the same purple footing. is this similar to a majano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaysStanford Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Id say that its definitely a majano anemone. Here is a picture of one that looks similar to yours just with less tentacles. http://www.pirx.com/gallery/var/albums/reef/cnidarians/majano.jpg?m=1306192082 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Since the dips I've seen are supposed to be corallimorph safe, including anemones, I doubt the majano hitchhikers would've been prevented. Anyone gotten rid of majanos, and how did you do it? This article mentions kalk paste (and has a picture of one next to Xenia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Mojano wand, dave petitie has one on loan to the club. or syringe with h202 or kalk paste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 im keeping my eye on them. However i dont really know what to look for. I did notice that with just my actinics on, the very tips glow green, and all three are connected at the base by the same purple footing. is this similar to a majano? out of all the mojano I've seen I've never seen all of them connected at the same base. not saying it cant happen just never seen it. They always had diffrent feet when i saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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