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Old 12/19/2007, 11:27 AM
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What are these orange things?

They grow like crazy. What eats them?

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Thanks for any input.
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Old 12/19/2007, 12:08 PM
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Pretty hard to tell, do they have tubes? they almost look like a fether duster. either that or yellow polyp (zoa's)

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Old 12/19/2007, 12:10 PM
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They look like hydroids to me.
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Old 12/19/2007, 12:18 PM
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I'm going to guess they r some type of hydroid.

Is there anything that eats hydroids?


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Old 12/19/2007, 09:01 PM
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Old 12/19/2007, 09:24 PM
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I have seen those at a lfs ,it took over their tank. Not very attractive ,are they?
If they are isolated to one rock I would take out the whole rock.
good luck ,wish i had more info for ya!
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Old 12/19/2007, 09:28 PM
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just found this

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...nidarians.html
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Foxface
tomato clown
Royal gramma
yellow tailed damsel
2 dusters
CB shrimp
14G
percular clown
watchman goby
firefish
pepp. shrimp
red banded goby
Assorted corals
 


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