new to the hobby and tank going a few days, have 'brown nodule life' already on rocks

loki_shaw · 03/13/2018, 04:16 PM

Hi all
I am new to salt water aquariums and managed to get a fantastic set up for free. so off i went and got it sorted and filed with water to eventually add life to it.
whilst looking at it today to take some tests and record them to see how it is doing i saw life on the rocks, these rocks were in the tank with the last owner and only out of water for 3 days or so.
can anyone tell me what these are and what i have to do to them if they have to go
though my camera has issues as i broke the glass over the lens the nodules are a brown colour in the tank

Rjukan · 03/13/2018, 04:32 PM

Looks like closed up Zoas or Palys to me. I don't know how well they will fair after 3 days out of water tho.

Tripod1404 · 03/13/2018, 04:33 PM

Kinda looks like closed zoas

Keepcalmreefon · 03/13/2018, 05:54 PM

I would say zoa’s as well. There is not much you can do. They are closed in that picture. Not sure if they will make it but you don’t need to remove them from the tank.

loki_shaw · 03/14/2018, 03:32 AM

thanks guys,
fingers crossed then since i dont have to remove them they will survive, there was nothing visible until yesterday so hopefully these are a stubborn bunch that want to live. will report back on their progress if they do survive this.

afroshacks · 03/14/2018, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by loki_shaw

Hi all
I am new to salt water aquariums and managed to get a fantastic set up for free. so off i went and got it sorted and filed with water to eventually add life to it.
whilst looking at it today to take some tests and record them to see how it is doing i saw life on the rocks, these rocks were in the tank with the last owner and only out of water for 3 days or so.
can anyone tell me what these are and what i have to do to them if they have to go
though my camera has issues as i broke the glass over the lens the nodules are a brown colour in the tank

Best of luck with those. After being out of water for a few days on top of your tank going through another possible cycle it's gonna be tough on them. Fingers crossed for them that they somehow pull through.

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JUNBUG361 · 03/14/2018, 02:22 PM

be careful they might release toxin, maybe

03/13/2018, 04:32 PM	#2
Rjukan Day Dreamer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SINY Posts: 625	Looks like closed up Zoas or Palys to me. I don't know how well they will fair after 3 days out of water tho. __________________ - Pete Current Tank Info: 60 gal Deep Blue cube, AquaC EV180, Kessil H80 fuge, A360WE TB

03/13/2018, 04:33 PM	#3
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	Kinda looks like closed zoas

03/13/2018, 05:54 PM	#4
Keepcalmreefon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 16	I would say zoa’s as well. There is not much you can do. They are closed in that picture. Not sure if they will make it but you don’t need to remove them from the tank.

03/14/2018, 03:32 AM	#5
loki_shaw Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 9	thanks guys, fingers crossed then since i dont have to remove them they will survive, there was nothing visible until yesterday so hopefully these are a stubborn bunch that want to live. will report back on their progress if they do survive this.

03/14/2018, 02:22 PM	#7
JUNBUG361 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Antioch,CALIFORNIA Posts: 1,091	be careful they might release toxin, maybe