Need ID on possible hitchhiker coral?

mrozdak · 07/26/2011, 12:33 AM

Picked up some live rock and think i may have got some coral hitchhikers, anyone have an ID? The lime green cylinders with reddish/pink spots

mrozdak · 07/26/2011, 01:41 AM

anyone?

Netofficer3710 · 07/26/2011, 02:15 AM

I'll take a wild stab at it and guess sponge

sponger0 · 07/26/2011, 06:19 AM

i second that on sponges. Give it a little time, and if you see little tubes sticking out of them, then it is sponges. May need a little time to adjust before they fully manifest themselves

mrozdak · 07/26/2011, 04:11 PM

Thanks for the help guys, was hoping I got a free coral

sponger0 · 07/26/2011, 04:13 PM

I like my free spongers i got. They have now grown very big. And they are beneficial to your tank. They are filter feeders so they are a good thing

mrozdak · 07/26/2011, 11:53 PM

So i got home and the tank lights were off.... i could see that the cylinders were extended and the ends looked like a polyp or possibly a feather duster? I turned of the light and they retracted but got a picture before they went all the way back. They did not come back out so maybe nocturnal? doesn't seem like a sponge

Netofficer3710 · 07/27/2011, 12:49 AM

well that pic looks like button polyps.

BTW that's a MASSIVE asterina starfish in between them!

07/26/2011, 12:33 AM	#1
mrozdak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 84	Need ID on possible hitchhiker coral? Picked up some live rock and think i may have got some coral hitchhikers, anyone have an ID? The lime green cylinders with reddish/pink spots

07/26/2011, 04:11 PM	#5
mrozdak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 84	Thanks Thanks for the help guys, was hoping I got a free coral

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07/26/2011, 01:41 AM	#2
mrozdak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 84	anyone?

07/26/2011, 02:15 AM	#3
Netofficer3710 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 465	I'll take a wild stab at it and guess sponge

07/26/2011, 06:19 AM	#4
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	i second that on sponges. Give it a little time, and if you see little tubes sticking out of them, then it is sponges. May need a little time to adjust before they fully manifest themselves

07/26/2011, 04:13 PM	#6
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	I like my free spongers i got. They have now grown very big. And they are beneficial to your tank. They are filter feeders so they are a good thing

07/26/2011, 11:53 PM	#7
mrozdak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 84	So i got home and the tank lights were off.... i could see that the cylinders were extended and the ends looked like a polyp or possibly a feather duster? I turned of the light and they retracted but got a picture before they went all the way back. They did not come back out so maybe nocturnal? doesn't seem like a sponge

07/27/2011, 12:49 AM	#8
Netofficer3710 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 465	well that pic looks like button polyps. BTW that's a MASSIVE asterina starfish in between them!