identification please folks

reefrebel · 07/03/2013, 02:20 PM

hi folks

, got this growth on my live rock, zoomed x120(jewelers loupe

)in early stages, thought it may be a mushroom but don't want it to be bubble algae :/ anyone seen anything like this before will add link to photobucket as cant upload for some reason ??? any help would be Hugely Appreciatedhttp://s1157.photobucket.com/user/do..._0413.jpg.html,

Arc Drafter · 07/03/2013, 02:23 PM

I don't know what it is for sure, I have several in my tank and dont' seem to bother anything. I can say for sure it is not bubble algea

reefrebel · 07/03/2013, 02:25 PM

thank god for that its not bubble algae, will let it carry on growing now

thanks

ryeguyy84 · 07/03/2013, 02:28 PM

yeah it's definitely not bubble algae trust me on this one (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2291288)

no idea what it is though

Misled · 07/03/2013, 03:56 PM

Left over shells/deposits from vermetid snails. There may be live ones in them also.

reefrebel · 07/03/2013, 04:40 PM

thanks

will give them a good kalking

billdogg · 07/03/2013, 04:48 PM

why would you kill them? They really won't hurt anything.

dmh41532 · 07/03/2013, 05:58 PM

vermetids can bother corals. they are pests like aiptaisa. I almost lost a coral to vermetids before I killed them.

Timfish · 07/04/2013, 07:06 AM

I've had vermitids in all my tanks forever and never observed any of my corals bothered by the mucus strings they use to catch small particles out of the water. They are what I consider beneficial filter feeders and before I went through the effort of removing them I would verify a coral is actually bothered by the strings they produce.

tektite · 07/04/2013, 09:38 AM

Some corals don't seem to mind, others can be bothered to the point of severe retraction/death. It depends.

dmh41532 · 07/04/2013, 04:43 PM

my acans weren't bothered by them, buy my hammer wasn't in good shape and my cristata died from them. i agree, some are botherd while others are not.

07/03/2013, 02:20 PM	#1
reefrebel Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 14	identification please folks hi folks , got this growth on my live rock, zoomed x120(jewelers loupe )in early stages, thought it may be a mushroom but don't want it to be bubble algae :/ anyone seen anything like this before will add link to photobucket as cant upload for some reason ??? any help would be Hugely Appreciatedhttp://s1157.photobucket.com/user/do..._0413.jpg.html,

07/03/2013, 03:56 PM	#5
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Left over shells/deposits from vermetid snails. There may be live ones in them also. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

07/03/2013, 04:48 PM	#7
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	why would you kill them? They really won't hurt anything. __________________ 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

07/04/2013, 07:06 AM	#9
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	I've had vermitids in all my tanks forever and never observed any of my corals bothered by the mucus strings they use to catch small particles out of the water. They are what I consider beneficial filter feeders and before I went through the effort of removing them I would verify a coral is actually bothered by the strings they produce. __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

07/04/2013, 09:38 AM	#10
tektite I never finish anyth Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,120	Some corals don't seem to mind, others can be bothered to the point of severe retraction/death. It depends. __________________ No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.

07/03/2013, 02:23 PM	#2
Arc Drafter Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 228	I don't know what it is for sure, I have several in my tank and dont' seem to bother anything. I can say for sure it is not bubble algea

07/03/2013, 02:25 PM	#3
reefrebel Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 14	thank god for that its not bubble algae, will let it carry on growing now thanks

07/03/2013, 02:28 PM	#4
ryeguyy84 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,753	yeah it's definitely not bubble algae trust me on this one (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2291288) no idea what it is though

07/03/2013, 04:40 PM	#6
reefrebel Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 14	thanks will give them a good kalking

07/03/2013, 05:58 PM	#8
dmh41532 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bellefontaine Ohio Posts: 771	vermetids can bother corals. they are pests like aiptaisa. I almost lost a coral to vermetids before I killed them.

07/04/2013, 04:43 PM	#11
dmh41532 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bellefontaine Ohio Posts: 771	my acans weren't bothered by them, buy my hammer wasn't in good shape and my cristata died from them. i agree, some are botherd while others are not.