livestock question

[Traddon]

ive had an animal in my tank that i'm afraid is some hydrozoa or something else bad. I've been doing some research since I've had the problem before a few years back but the animal was a different color then. If you have any feedback or information please inform. green animal in the center of the photo

 

[Boehmtown]

No joke I had a single one of these looking things under my rock flower one day a few weeks ago. Never saw it before or again. It had almost a light brown stalk

 

[MadReefer]

Could be Manjano anemone which are not good for a reef tank.

 

[Sump'N Fishy]

Colonial Hydroids?

 

[ericrodriguez]

I think I have the same one in a Frag rack.. looks like it doesn’t bother anything

 

[hcker99]

Colonial Hydroids

 

[Traddon]

ok thank you. as i said a few years ago i had a similar animal but couldn't remember the name. that rock was small enough where i was able to take it out and boil it. it solved the problem. unfortunately, I don't have the ability to take this one out.

 

[diana a]

Never boil rocks

 

[hcker99]

Never boil rocks

THIS THIS THIS....... I had a customer a long time ago that read online to "cook live rock". He took that as boiling the rock on his stove and dam near killed himself, wife, kid and dog. He was actually on the news of this if I remember right.

Moral of the story never boil rock

 

[redfishbluefish]

Yep, I had heard about a couple stories of people cooking their rock on a stove....DON"T EVEN DO IT!

Marc Levenson shows you how to properly and safely "cook" your rock in this video:

 

[ericrodriguez]

Why not just bleach or vinegar with 50% water. I’m sure this will kill everything in there as well

 

[MadReefer]

Why not just bleach or vinegar with 50% water. I’m sure this will kill everything in there as well

Agree. I soak it in vinegar then rinse and use a power washer.