Hitchiker on my Green Star Polyps!

[trybry5]

I wonder, what I found last night?

They rest, at the base of the Green Star Polyps and look like little brown filter feeders.

I just hope it's not a pest or relative of the glass anemone.

Can anyone ID them for me?

[the wizard]

It is difficult to make out in the pics but it almost looks like aiptasia to me.

I would recommend doing a google search for images to see if what you see in your tank is indeed aiptasia. If it is you want to get rid of it.

[fsn77]

To me, it's not aiptasia... I've not seen aiptasia with branches / nubs on its tentacles.

It looks like a small variety of Anthelia that I've had in my tank before. If you can see a thin mat very close to the rock connecting the two stalks together, I would bet it is some variety of Anthelia.

[Amphiprion]

I agree. Either Anthelia or some sort of clove polyp. No way to really differentiate from the pic, though.

[Jstdv8]

agreed +1

[FishPish]

Theres lot of species of glass anemones. It could be one, but haven't seen one with multiple sub-branches like that. Aiptasia just looks menacing. If it looks menacing to you and coral starts dieing around it, remove it with aiptasia X or add a couple peppermint shrimp to see if they eat it. I had one aiptasia so far on one of my frags. Aiptasia X killed it outright and I knew exactly what it was when I thought about it.

[trybry5]

Ok,

So, I know Clove Polyps are good, is Anthelia, good too?

I think, I noticed a brown dusting around the feet of the polyps. They seem to split at the base. I also, see more brown dust around the frag, than the brow polyps.

Are these two types (Green Star and Anthelia) compatible on the same frag?

Thanks for the info and insight

[trybry5]

Ok thanks!