Hitchhiker Coral Help

[AZdogpatch06]

Hey folks. I've recently upgraded my ten gallon nano tank to a twenty five gallon tank, and with that I've over doubled the lighting from 20 Watt CFL to 48 Watt T5's. It's making my algae go bonkers but that's for another discussion. Since I've added the higher lighting, I've had 3 corals appear on my live rock I bought. The story goes that a guy donated to the pet store I bought it from since he was tearing down his tank - I got 9 corals for twenty bucks. There's pictures below - I don't know what they are! One is greenish, and will glow neon green if it's under straight blue light. The other ones I just found today - they almost look like anenomes!

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[54seaweed]

your right saying anenome but hate to tell you it's a bad guy called aiptasia
aiptasia X is the best way of killing them
they spread fast if not addressed in a timely manor


now with this one

this one looks to be some type of kenya tree also see some type of polyps
I'm going to guess pulsing xina
in the back ground both nice score

 

[AZdogpatch06]

All 3 of them?

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[54seaweed]

first and second pict aiptasia (needs to go) , along with some cheato (macro algae) growing that you can keep just keep it trimmed back
third are good corals save them for sure

 

[AZdogpatch06]

I've got emerald crabs for the algae I'll look for the product online.

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[AZdogpatch06]

Could I get some peppermint shrimp to do my dirty work?

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[BigRedsReefs10]

They can be hit or miss, and some like to nip corals. Mine started nibbling zoas and earned a one way ticket back to the lfs

 

[Sniperhank]

That second guy is kinda hard to see, but it sure looks like a majano to me. Do the tips open up or are they bulbous?

 

[AZdogpatch06]

It's bulbous

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[Sniperhank]

Then it is a majano. Pest just like aiptasia with the same method of removal.

 

[AZdogpatch06]

-_- bummer. Here I thought I was getting awesome new coral.

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[AZdogpatch06]

Actually, on second look it does look bogus. Perhaps a polyp?

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[AZdogpatch06]

They almost look like majano. Anyone else think that?

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[54seaweed]

I wouldn't count on pepper mint shrimp to take them out