what are these brown fuzzy things

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  1. flyfshrmn98

    flyfshrmn98 Astrea Snail

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    What are these things? The are about a cm tall and have a skinny stalk and fuzzy top. Came on my live rock when I got it

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  2. Blue Falcon

    Blue Falcon Fire Goby

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    its hard to tell, but almost looks like hydroids. if thats the case, they are not good
     
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  3. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Colonial hydroids

    A nasty invader; hard to get rid of and they sting everything.
     
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  4. flyfshrmn98

    flyfshrmn98 Astrea Snail

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    sounds like im going to have fun trying to remove them
     
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  5. FatBastad

    FatBastad Zoanthid

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    if it's just on one rock, you could just take it out
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Definitely.

    You do not want to keep battling that nightmare.
     
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  7. flyfshrmn98

    flyfshrmn98 Astrea Snail

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    its the one huge rock that everything is on. Only a biocube 14 so thats the one darn rock that I can't remove
     
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  8. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I'm curious as to why these are bad. I'm pretty sure they've been in my tank since I started it, and they don't seem to bother anything. Are they the same thing?
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    They're next to the Sexy, and around the Zoa's.
     
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  9. flyfshrmn98

    flyfshrmn98 Astrea Snail

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    Its hard to see in your pictures but mine are around zoas too
     
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  10. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Well the focus of that picture wasn't the hydroids. But if other people have had issues with them, go for it and remove them. I have had 0 problems with them, I think they give my tank a more natural look.
     
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