Little brown polyps (I.D.)

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  1. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    When I bought this brain coral it had a couple of these little polyps growing on the bottom of it. They've spread quite a bit and I haven't been able to find out what they are. They don't seem to be harmful..just curious.

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  2. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Hydrozoans?
     
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  3. irr0001

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    It looks like it may be some species of that..
     
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  4. WhiskyTango

    WhiskyTango Eyelash Blennie

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    Colonial hydroids maybe? they are cool looking..
     
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    I don't think it is the colonial hydroids, they have brown stalks and fluoresce green in the tentacles.

    Pretty cool looking.
     
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  6. blackraven1425

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    The fourth image from a Google search for "colonial hydroid":

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    Brown stalks, flourescent green ends....
     
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  7. irr0001

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    Eh..that's not them. These look more like plants than anything. The stalks are very narrow and look almost like a kind of moss or something. (not saying it IS a plant..just for comparison)
     
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  8. CoralQueen

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    thats really weird that you mention this because I am currently having an issue with these things. I only had two or three about a week ago and now there are too many to count. I have heard them called wood polyps. I think that is an unofficial name tho. I will be taking a wire brush to them and extracting because I have also heard they will take over your tank!! although i guess its not unlike any kenya tree or xenia issue...
     
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  9. WhiskyTango

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    Before I moved my tank and off loaded fish, I had a Coral Beauty that would eat them..
     
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    There are two different hitchhikers on your favia. I can see in the first pic on the right looks like kenya tree. Idk what is on the left.
     
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