Help, growth/coral identification needed

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Mohajir

[attachment=2]image.jpg[/attachment]I have some growth/coral growing here and there all over my tank. Any idea what it is? good or bad? Should I pull them out? Help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
So many "treatments". Most effective is berghia nudibranch and then keep nutrients low so they can't grow.
 
if just a few stalks they have products made that you "squirt" on them with a syringe (apitasia X for one) if you're near Plano I have some extra you can have. There are a couple of fish that eat them; the copperbanded butterfly (my personal experience on that is thumbs up) and a filefish (no recommendations on that). Peppermint shrimp also eat them but they back off the bigger stalks. there are assorted other ways that people will chime in with to help.
 
Thank you all for your help. @JimiH: thanks for the offer. Fortunately I found a bottle of Apitasia X in my pile of chemicals. Addressed all the visible ones. Not sure what is going in the caves, but I will be transferring to a larger tank in a week or so. That's when I will take a closer look at the hidden ones, Unless you all have any other advice to attack them now. Is Butterfly fish reef safe? I saw a Raccoon Butterfly at Petco Allen today, I can get it in the morning if it is reef safe. Once again, thank y'all so very much. It's a blessing to have a forum where immediate help is available.
 
@fusionvi wrote:
Yea. Nudibraches are best option Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Beta said:
I agree 110% ... try ReefTown and get the medium to large size. Pay attention to what preys on them.

These that you pictured have the little lobes on each tenacle ... these separate and attach as a new aiptasia. You also state that they are all over. That's just what you can see. Using Aiptasia X at this point will cause an explosion and you will have hundreds in a short period of time. When you let the aiptasia grab the injector and then squirt into it and then cover completely ... you will see a POOF of cloudy water. That is the aiptasia spitting it out along with hundreds of larvae.

... causing a massive infestation!!!
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Thanks for your reply. I addressed about 20-25 last night. But yes they were all over the tank. nudibranch can survive with the Niger Trigger?
 
@Mohajir wrote:
.... nudibranch can survive with the Niger Trigger? said:
From the reeftown site ...

[Berghia Predators

Wrasses (except Fairy wrasses).
Long nosed hawkfish.
Peppermint shrimp.
Camel shrimp.
Some brittle starfish (to a lesser degree).
Large crabs (Sally Lightfoot, Green legged hermit, etc.)
Lower rock areas with Bristle worm nests could eat Berghia to protect their eggs.
Chemicals used for Aiptasia could kill Berghia and Berghia eggs.]
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