Help identifying zoa or ployp

[Droneshooter]

Does anybody know what these are

 

[MacDracor]

From another thread.

Interesting video that was posted today by Tidal Gardens today about palys and zoas about naming thought it was interesting and would share. If anything it is some cool close up footage of zoas.

Zoanthid and Palythoa identification and taxonomy

 

[manbeast]

Until they open up and you can get a good look at them there's really no way to tell

 

[carey]

They are very green for not even being open! they will be really really nice once they do open.

 

[Droneshooter]

Ok I'll post a pic once they open it's already been to day's now and they still haven't opened

 

[Droneshooter]

They are just starting to open up
Still don't know what they are

 

[manbeast]

Yellow polyps, not zoas at all but still very nice

 

[Droneshooter]

Ok thankyou they came with a piece of live rock and I didn't know what they were

 

[manbeast]

Good stuff you got there!

 

[Droneshooter]

Will it grow fast and what would be the best placement in the tank for it

 

[MacDracor]

Requirements are similar to zoas, so low (depending on light of course), good flow, and they'll spread. In my experience they are not quite as prolific as zoas, but back then my tank was in poor shape.

 

[manbeast]

Mostly needs good lighting to thrive but the one problem they seem to have is that some crabs and snails find them tasty

 

[Droneshooter]

I have t5 lighting and what type of craps and snails because I have a bunch. But there all reef safe as far as I know

 

[manbeast]

My hermits and most surprisingly my Astrea snails

 

[MacDracor]

I never saw anything munch mine, but all experiences will be different. Mine got overgrown by algae. Glad that's been fixed since then.

 

[manbeast]

Yeah once my algae was gone they turned on my yellow polyps, in some of the descriptions I've read it's mentions that they are often found to be consumed before any other polyps in a tank

 

[MacDracor]

I also didn't have any hermits at the time.

 

[manbeast]

I'm reconsidering having hermits as I watched one pick a small snail off the glass and consume it

 

[MacDracor]

Well, they are crabs. I maintain (somewhat controversially) that there is no such thing as a 100% reef safe crab. You don't build a Sherman tank and call it a teddy bear. Lol

 

[manbeast]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2856+675&pcatid=675

Hopefully I did this right, no matter how much I try I'm still desperately computarded