Christmas Tree Coral and Polyp over crowding

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Does anyone know if the polyps growing around my Christmas Tree Worms are harmful? I don't know where they came from but are crowding the worms out. If I push them out of the way momentarily the worms seem to be doing fine underneath them but can't image it is a good thing long-term.

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Does anyone know if the polyps growing around my Christmas Tree Worms are harmful? I don't know where they came from but are crowding the worms out. If I push them out of the way momentarily the worms seem to be doing fine underneath them but can't image it is a good thing long-term.

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Yes- these are an invasive type of Palythoa coral known as brown button will grow and cover rock.
 
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Can I eliminate them with something like AptasiaX?
 

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