I have tried some quick searches but dont know what I should even be searching for. Anyway, about a week ago we noticed these little flowers growing in our LR. They look like white tulips and are really small. Let me know if you have any ideas, I like them, a little flower garden under our little part of the ocean.

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Dont know!! But I wish I had some.

soon it will take over, along with that bubble algae. Someone I knew glued them to his back wall so they covered the back.

Ya that bubble algae is probably going to piss me off sooner or later. Perhaps there will be a battle for dominance, east meets west, the ultimate showdown.

They almost look like the polyps of a montipora, without the rest of the skeleton.

Baby clove polyps maybe?

I was gonig to say clove polyps. They are small, but could just be starting out.

Google clove polyps and see if that's what you have.

I'ma agree w clove polyps from what i see on the pic. They do seem to be a fast spreader from what i read.. very cool if you like em.. nuissance if you dont.

Thanks for the responses guys, I will look into clove polyps. They haven't been spreading too much in the last week or so but I will keep an eye on them and post more pics if there are changes.

looks like one of the dasyclaides algae. i probably mispelled it, but it is pretty close...

edit - "dasycladales" I guess is what I meant. is yours an animal or plant? (does it respond if you toch it or something...)

tagging along as i have a few of these in my tank also...

looks like star polyps that are just starting out. could be GSP. not really bad but could take over large areas.

Star polyps have 8 tentacles, while these organisms appear to have 9.

They do seem to close slightly when the lights are off, but their so small its hard to tell. I haven't tried touching them yet.