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05-14-2008, 11:30 PM
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What are these growing in my Zoo's (not the algae) the feather duster looking things I have a feeling aren't feather dusters but hydroids
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05-14-2008, 11:35 PM
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Here is a little closer pic
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05-14-2008, 11:58 PM
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Yeah; they kinda look like Hydroids to me too. Are they effecting the zoa's at all?
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05-15-2008, 12:04 AM
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They don't seem to be but they are popping up in a few areas of the tank
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05-15-2008, 06:59 AM
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They do look like hydroids...
I had some on a GSP the size of a softball.
Within a few weeks they were so thick I had lost about 80% of the GSP.
I fraged what I could and FW dipped the rest.
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05-15-2008, 07:16 AM
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They do look like Hydroids!
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05-15-2008, 08:56 AM
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Did they come in on the rock, or did they pop up somewhere else in the tank first? Is that an aiptasia in the background, too?
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05-15-2008, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisPrusha
Did they come in on the rock, or did they pop up somewhere else in the tank first? Is that an aiptasia in the background, too?
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Yep thats Aiptasia too - I've had those zoos for over a year, the hydroids just appeared - looking around the tank closer I see a few smaller ones on the live rock 
How do I get rid of them?
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05-15-2008, 10:38 AM
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I really haven't heard of an effective way to get rid of them - sorry
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05-15-2008, 07:46 PM
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....... I have a feeling aren't feather dusters but hydroids
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Yup, these are (I think ) the same ones I've had in my tank for years. They even survived the "Great Crash of Summer 2007" and cooking outside for 3 months. I thought they were small feather dusters until I started researching this past winter.
If it's any consolation, they've never bothered anything (that I've seen). They're presently near a colony of Protopalys and it appears that the protos are winning. They haven't affected my skin either but then I don't have reactions to wasp/scorpion stings .
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05-16-2008, 12:32 AM
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OK I think I got an ID Myrionema sp
The tank has been up 3 years and the zoo's have been there for over a year and these buggers just showed up
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