Baby Coral?

Chee-tomorpha · Nov 13, 2022

I was just looking at my tank tonight and notice some specks on the glass. I went in for a closer inspection to see what it was as it seems to be flailing about with the current. Then I noticed what looked like polyp tentacles flailing. I have no idea what this is but can it be a baby coral?

This is the white speck to scale with my finger.

Here is the best I can get with my phone camera. Apologies if you get sick from viewing it.

baby coral?

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Fish Think Pink · Nov 13, 2022

Chee-tomorpha said:
I was just looking at my tank tonight and notice some specks on the glass. I went in for a closer inspection to see what it was as it seems to be flailing about with the current. Then I noticed what looked like polyp tentacles flailing. I have no idea what this is but can it be a baby coral?

This is the white speck to scale with my finger.

Here is the best I can get with my phone camera. Apologies if you get sick from viewing it.

baby coral?

youtube.com

It seems too fleshy to be coral and instead think it is a pest that snuck in. I'm leaning towards type of anemone, and while I don't think its aiptasia type there are 26 different varieties...

If you have corals, and since corals and anemone's fight, I've vote get rid of whatever it is... sadly, kill it young before it potentially goes everywhere...

Someone else will likely come along and weigh in here... Fingers crossed for you!

vetteguy53081 · Nov 13, 2022

Chee-tomorpha said:
I was just looking at my tank tonight and notice some specks on the glass. I went in for a closer inspection to see what it was as it seems to be flailing about with the current. Then I noticed what looked like polyp tentacles flailing. I have no idea what this is but can it be a baby coral?

This is the white speck to scale with my finger.

Here is the best I can get with my phone camera. Apologies if you get sick from viewing it.

baby coral?

youtube.com

Very difficult video with blue lighting and fuzzy periods but may be aptasia anemone which would be a pest

Chee-tomorpha · Nov 13, 2022

Watch towards the end, where it flails in the current to show a few tentacles which look to me like some polyps of the Millie's I have where one tentacle is longer and white in color vs the rest.

It would be a bummer if it is aptasia.

Chee-tomorpha · Nov 13, 2022

Came back to look and it's gone! Whatever it is it's somewhere else in the tank now.

sculpin01 · Nov 14, 2022

Most likely a medusa form of a hydroid unless you recently had a spawn.

Chee-tomorpha · Nov 14, 2022

Should hydroids be ignored? Tank is coral and inverts only. No fish to predate if they even eat it.

Could it be a coral polyp that bailed? I had a coral a few weeks back that immediately RTN and left behind a few polyps which then bailed - I think that's what they did anyways. They were there one day and the next day were gone. I don't know if SPS even do this. Just taking reference from my torch and hammers bailing.