ID please

[Arun]

I’d please, it’s growing on my tank. Not sure it’s good or bad.

[WV Reefer]

3 minutes ago, Arun said:

I’d please, it’s growing on my tank. Not sure it’s good or bad.

Looks like a clove polyp.......some of them can be invasive. 

[Tamberav]

+1, it is a coral 🙂 Possibly a clove or Anthelia. Fast growers. 

[Tired]

I agree, looks like a clove polyp. Keep a close eye on it. Consider chiseling that bit of rock off to place it on the sandbed. Clove polyps are pretty, but a decent number of them can cause a lot of trouble. 

[Arun]

Is good? Or do it need to remove it? If so how do I need to?

[Clown79]

Looks like xenia.

[TerraIncognita]

Looks like anthelia to me.

 

its a type of coral. It grows almost as fast as algae. So up to you if you want it or not. No harm besides possibly outgrowing more desirable corals.

[TerraIncognita]

3 hours ago, Arun said:

Is good? Or do it need to remove it? If so how do I need to?

See above.

 

if you want to remove it, if it’s just 1 polyp you can try to cut it off pluck it off super easy actually.

 

otherwise super glue over it or aiptasiax should kill anthelia/Xenia as well

[Hazy]

I say let him grow, I have some of that (it looks just like the Xenia I have) in my tank and it’s by far one of my favorite. They don’t grow that fast. They add one polyp maybe every couple weeks to a month. 

[Tired]

Some types grow faster than others. 

 

Another factor is, small frags grow more slowly. Once a larger colony is established, they really pick up steam. Xenia and clove polyps can and will overgrow any unoccupied portions of your rock, and will straight-up grow over some smaller corals. That being said, they can easily be contained by placing their rock on the sandbed, or by fencing them in with aggressive stinging corals. And they do look nice.