What is this?

AJReefKeeper · 07/08/2018, 09:01 AM

I am not sure what these are. They are fairly small and brown in color. Any ideas?

Thanks for the help.

mcgyvr · 07/08/2018, 09:05 AM

Something like a glove polyp...

Mitch414 · 07/08/2018, 09:10 AM

Or carpet Xenia perhaps. Does it pulse at all?

AlSimmons · 07/08/2018, 10:08 AM

Flatworms?

AJReefKeeper · 07/08/2018, 10:18 AM

I have not observed them pulsing.

GabeB · 07/08/2018, 01:15 PM

Feather duster maybe

Misled · 07/08/2018, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJReefKeeper

They are fairly small and brown in color.

Flatworms

mcgyvr · 07/08/2018, 03:40 PM

Are we talking about something on the stalks of that coral? Or the coral itself?

Misled · 07/08/2018, 04:50 PM

Don't know. He said brown.

AJReefKeeper · 07/08/2018, 06:04 PM

The coral itself.

mcgyvr · 07/08/2018, 06:43 PM

Brown....pink....close enough

Misled · 07/08/2018, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJReefKeeper

The coral itself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Something like a glove polyp...

I'll go with that.

Mitch414 · 07/08/2018, 08:19 PM

Looks like a creeping Xenia to me...see example image attached. Same polyps I'd say.

jlmawp · 07/09/2018, 12:48 PM

Looks like a shorter, more carpetted version of an anthelia. Less feathery and more rubbery.

mcgyvr · 07/09/2018, 01:52 PM

I basically lump Anthelia/Xenia/Glove Polyps into the same group..
I have seen way too many pictures of ones that are identical being labeled as each other..

They should all just be called "weeds" IMO and executed with extreme prejudice..

jlmawp · 07/09/2018, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

They should all just be called "weeds" IMO and executed with extreme prejudice..

Hey I love my little pulsing xenia. Sure, it tries to take over my tank on a daily basis, but I still love it.

07/08/2018, 09:01 AM	#1
AJReefKeeper Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 10	What is this? I am not sure what these are. They are fairly small and brown in color. Any ideas? Thanks for the help.

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mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Something like a glove polyp... __________________ Who me?

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mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Are we talking about something on the stalks of that coral? Or the coral itself? __________________ Who me?

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Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Don't know. He said brown. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

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mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Brown....pink....close enough __________________ Who me?

07/08/2018, 09:10 AM	#3
Mitch414 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 4	Or carpet Xenia perhaps. Does it pulse at all?

07/08/2018, 10:08 AM	#4
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Flatworms?

07/08/2018, 10:18 AM	#5
AJReefKeeper Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 10	I have not observed them pulsing.

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GabeB Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: California Posts: 22	Feather duster maybe

07/08/2018, 06:04 PM	#10
AJReefKeeper Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 10	The coral itself.

07/08/2018, 08:19 PM	#13
Mitch414 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 4	Looks like a creeping Xenia to me...see example image attached. Same polyps I'd say.

07/09/2018, 12:48 PM	#14
jlmawp Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 595	Looks like a shorter, more carpetted version of an anthelia. Less feathery and more rubbery.

07/09/2018, 01:52 PM	#15
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	I basically lump Anthelia/Xenia/Glove Polyps into the same group.. I have seen way too many pictures of ones that are identical being labeled as each other.. They should all just be called "weeds" IMO and executed with extreme prejudice.. __________________ Who me?