ID this Paly???

[thirty5]

Well I got these palys from a person from another forum. They are growing pretty fast, but I have no idea what they are.

They have extremely long stalks, one of the stalks goes up the side of a rock. In the photo below the polyp that is dead center of the pic has a stalk that is probably 2.5 inches with a couple baby heads off the stalk.

Can anyone ID them? They sorta have a look of Mohawks.

Thanks for the help.

 

[howze01]

i would say pink and golds

 

[thirty5]

Oh, just want to make it known that I am partially color blind! LOL

 

[dnov99]

i would say pink and golds

+1

 

[mnat]

Keep an eye on those pink and golds they grow at an incredibly high rate and can/will choke out other zoas/palys around them. I took them out of my tank after they tried to drown out my nuclear greens. I was lucky enough to have them on an isolated rock.

 

[thirty5]

Keep an eye on those pink and golds they grow at an incredibly high rate and can/will choke out other zoas/palys around them. I took them out of my tank after they tried to drown out my nuclear greens. I was lucky enough to have them on an isolated rock.

That is what I was thinkinging.. they are growing too fast.. Not sure How I will get them out. I had torn one of them when I pulled a rock out, and new head grew from the torn stalk.

 

[mnat]

Yeah they don't need a mat to grow, they will form new heads no matter where they touch.

 

[thirty5]

Yeah they don't need a mat to grow, they will form new heads no matter where they touch.

Ok, any recommendation on how to get rid of them? I really don't want to kill them, but I dont want them overgrowin my 28 gal tank... Will be hard for me to get the rock out

 

[NikkiT]

I hate to say this, but replace the rock. Pink and golds are, in my opinion, invasive. At one point I used apstatia x on polyps that were trying to grow on our spiralis. Unlike most zoas and palys, they seem to bud additional polyps off of stalks that attach to the rock in multiple places. They act like ivy in a garden, attaching to anything and growing exponentially.
Remove that rock. Ours went from a small frag to a giant colony in less than 2 months.

 

[thirty5]

Damn,
I was hoping that you would not say that.. Prob is that it is on a shelving pc and another rock. I really don't want to take the whole thing apart! If i can get most out? I guess I can try to use some Aptasia X, or some lemon juice.. Damn.

Thanks for the info.