coral ID and possible parasite ID needed

[StonerFishy]

not sure if this is an aiptasia or not only seen the one on the very back of the glass for a while then today i seen about 7 its on the glass just above the green star polyps

also not sure if this is a coral or not got a small peice stuck to some zoas and now its grown to this. looks nice and the girlfriend likes it so is it ok to keep?

 

[Westie]

Yes on the anenome, the other pic kinda looks like bubble algae but, never seen it branch so maybe calerpa seaweed?

 

[snakeguy101]

yes, in the first picture it is aiptasia so you are going to want to get rid of that quickly before it becomes a real problem. As far as the second picture goes, I am not exactly sure of what it is but when I worked at the LFS we removed it weekly. I don't know if it is bad for your tank or not but I do know that it grows like a weed and will certainly need to be pruned regularly.

 

[StonerFishy]

yes, in the first picture it is aiptasia so you are going to want to get rid of that quickly before it becomes a real problem. As far as the second picture goes, I am not exactly sure of what it is but when I worked at the LFS we removed it weekly. I don't know if it is bad for your tank or not but I do know that it grows like a weed and will certainly need to be pruned regularly.

thanks, i crush any aiptasia i find now and the green stuff i rip off when it gets to big. i find the peices in low light areas tho dont spread nearly as much just bunch together. i will remove tho if it gets out of hand.