I Think I Have Jellyfish!?

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I've just noticed that the front of my tank is covered in what i first thought were baby brittle stars... but upon a closer look I think they might be hydroid jellyfish! they sound scary, are they safe or do I need to get rid some how!?

I'm just gunna try and get a pic... just incase i cant, since its only a few MMs wide, heres a google image I found thats exactly the same for reference..

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDQDhkqwJP-2rjAN4rniKE2VDPGPgIa5kKL-oQMvUMAGapTeESVA

I only have my phone.. so heres the best I could get lol

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I've just noticed that the front of my tank is covered in what i first thought were baby brittle stars... but upon a closer look I think they might be hydroid jellyfish! they sound scary, are they safe or do I need to get rid some how!?

I'm just gunna try and get a pic... just incase i cant, since its only a few MMs wide, heres a google image I found thats exactly the same for reference..

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDQDhkqwJP-2rjAN4rniKE2VDPGPgIa5kKL-oQMvUMAGapTeESVA

I only have my phone.. so heres the best I could get lol

228642_10150177833631875_577436874_7103673_7588392_n.jpg
whoa ! how did he get in there lol??
the pictures do look identical in my eyes
 
Yea those are hydroids, fairly common.
They have several different life stages, one as what you see there on the glass and also another as a polyp, where they look similar to yellow polyps.

Harmless :good:
 
They're harmless to you. They don't get any larger than you see them now. You can wipe away the ones on the front glass, but they always end up finding themselves there again.
 
before i went to get my last LR, i was looking at the glass as i noticed THE WORM again this time stuck on the glass.
then i noticed 2 of these tiny jellyfish
 
Yeah I also have these in my tank :good:
 

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