Hi everyone..29 gallon pics

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  1. REDMANS CUBE

    REDMANS CUBE Fire Shrimp

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    looks like star polyps. are they closed when the lights first come on? in a mat? if so they are for sure. they grow pretty quick.
     
    REDMANS CUBE, Sep 4, 2008
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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Those are the green star polyps.:p
     
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  3. infamous

    infamous Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    cool thanks ...i think i have a bunch of other stuff in there that needs to be removed.

    ill post more pictures later today

    i do have an algae problem in there ...i cleaned the glass but keeps coming back.. theres also brown stuff on my live sand
     
    infamous, Sep 5, 2008
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  4. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Thread moved to "ID This" forum.
     
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  5. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    3rd pic is Anthelia, not green star polyps. Unless you want a tank full of it, I would get rid of it or move the rock its on to the sand bed. Its a pest coral.
     
    geekdafied, Sep 5, 2008
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  6. gazog

    gazog Kole Tang

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    One mans pest another's favorite! I love it but I will agree that unless you want it to spread isolate it...
     
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  7. infamous

    infamous Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    what makes it a pest coral...it looks nice
     
    infamous, Sep 5, 2008
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  8. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    If will readily grow over everything, even other corals if its not controlled.
     
    geekdafied, Sep 5, 2008
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