Hydroids

dkcrx · #1 02-02-2009, 04:47 PM

what do they look like??

Frenchie · #2 02-02-2009, 04:53 PM

They look like tiny little brown zoas. And they sting.

dkcrx · #3 02-02-2009, 07:03 PM

Ah those things, I had some but they packed up and left a long time ago. It sounds like I got lucky on this problem.

justinl · #4 02-02-2009, 07:18 PM

hydroidea is a diverse group. hydroids can look like a lot of things from tiny brown zoos, to clear glass like tubes, to fuzz, to single or spider-web like like connected colonies. ignoring of course each species' pelagic hydromedusa stage.

Myka · #5 02-02-2009, 07:20 PM

I have 3 or 4 patches in my tank with the biggest patch being about the size of a nickel. I scramble them up with a fork and siphon the bits out every once in a while. I'm at the same place as Mark; I will quit trying to kill them as long as they don't spread.

Frenchie · #6 02-02-2009, 07:28 PM

Well, I didnt want to chance it so I covered the paches over with some epoxy. I hope that does it but well see if they come back....

View Poll Results: hydroids
Never had them	29	34.52%
Had them but don't anymore	14	16.67%
Have them and don't care	26	30.95%
Have them and am desperatly trying to remove them	4	4.76%
Have them and am sort of trying to remove them	11	13.10%
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