|
|
|
11/30/2009, 04:03 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 224
|
are these sponges?
are these sponges that I have? They are popping up all over the tank
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 04:04 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Grove City, Ohio
Posts: 10,806
|
sure looks that way to me. benificial filter feeders. leave them be
__________________
I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 04:05 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 143
|
yes, sponges...beneficial filter feeders...let them be!
DrMerle |
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 06:11 PM
|
#4 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,474
|
yeap their called pineapple sponges. It's the sign that the tank is maturing nicely and they are, as stated above, a filter feeder. Don't freak out if they suddenly start to brown, shrivel and die out entirely. This is all normal on the cycle of long term maturation.
|
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 06:20 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 9,579
|
They look like zoanthids to me.......
Oh, they other things......yeah those are sponges.
__________________
Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH |
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 06:39 PM
|
#6 |
|
sisternofuselessknowledge
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: orillia ontario
Posts: 795
|
sea squirts ??? sponges ??? tunicates?? either way they are not harmful !!
__________________
We urge hobbyists to develop a good 'BS' detector that will allow you to question information presented to you without any experimental evidence to support it. chris Current Tank Info: 90 gal south pacific biotope 40 gal sump/fuge ,65 gal rebuilding |
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 06:48 PM
|
#7 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Rock Island County, Illinois
Posts: 54
|
Sponges...have one approaching golf ball size in one of my tanks...neat looking
|
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 06:59 PM
|
#8 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Posts: 1,138
|
Wow those sure are nice looking ones, mine are just a dark brown not a nice shade of green like that!
|
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 07:18 PM
|
#9 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Central PA
Posts: 1,718
|
I've never heard of those sponges being referred to as pineapple sponges before. I always heard people call those tubular calcareous sponges that -- the ones that are usually cream colored. Damn common names.
|
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 07:30 PM
|
#10 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 9,579
|
They don't look like pineapple sponges
__________________
Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH |
|
|
|
|
11/30/2009, 08:11 PM
|
#11 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Seaside, California
Posts: 61
|
I've heard them called pineapple sponges before. Gotta love how many common names something can have. And +1 on the ID
__________________
"Oh but nothing beats cantaloupe with a little palytoxin spread on it." -emm0909 Current Tank Info: 60G with 20G sump |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
