need help with id on this

mitch303 · 06/19/2011, 08:31 PM

i just notcied these white/clear things on one of my pieces of lr in my refugium. This rock used to be in my display tank but then i moved it to the refugium, It never had these when it was in the DT.

heres some pics
http://s1214.photobucket.com/albums/...broncos4ever1/

jlong11 · 06/19/2011, 09:23 PM

looks like tunicates or sponge to me go to chucksaddiction.com or google hitchhikers and try to find an id

wbdevers · 06/19/2011, 10:08 PM

The football shaped ones with the "hats" are pineapple sponges. Completely harmless filter feeders. I can't make out the other stuff, but some of the ones that look like balls are most likely another type of sponge. Also, some of the stuff looks like dead macro algae, but that's just a guess.

mitch303 · 06/19/2011, 10:19 PM

yea i cant find anything that resembles the other stuff that is coating the whole rock. the other ones do look like pineapple sponges. maybe aiptasia or some kind of anenomes?

Lynnmw1208 · 06/20/2011, 08:28 AM

The other white stuff is probably a sponge growing. It could be macro algae dying off too, I have seen some similar to this.

06/19/2011, 08:31 PM	#1
mitch303 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 452	need help with id on this i just notcied these white/clear things on one of my pieces of lr in my refugium. This rock used to be in my display tank but then i moved it to the refugium, It never had these when it was in the DT. heres some pics http://s1214.photobucket.com/albums/...broncos4ever1/

06/19/2011, 10:08 PM	#3
wbdevers Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 754	The football shaped ones with the "hats" are pineapple sponges. Completely harmless filter feeders. I can't make out the other stuff, but some of the ones that look like balls are most likely another type of sponge. Also, some of the stuff looks like dead macro algae, but that's just a guess. __________________ Wes Beatings will continue until morale improves!!! "I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them."--Judge Smails Current Tank Info: 125g ML dual corner OF mixed reef, Custom stand and canopy, 40g custom sump, lighting (in flux :( )

06/20/2011, 08:28 AM	#5
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	The other white stuff is probably a sponge growing. It could be macro algae dying off too, I have seen some similar to this. __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

06/19/2011, 09:23 PM	#2
jlong11 Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 152	looks like tunicates or sponge to me go to chucksaddiction.com or google hitchhikers and try to find an id

06/19/2011, 10:19 PM	#4
mitch303 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 452	yea i cant find anything that resembles the other stuff that is coating the whole rock. the other ones do look like pineapple sponges. maybe aiptasia or some kind of anenomes?