found something growing from my powerhead

doox00 · 06/20/2006, 08:12 PM

hehe found something growing on one of my powerheads. know what it is?

angelsj247 · 06/20/2006, 08:40 PM

hmm might be apstasia

garyw68 · 06/20/2006, 09:11 PM

....hmmmm....that is cool. What would cause it to grow on a powerhead?

Ti · 06/20/2006, 09:17 PM

looks likee a feather duster

doox00 · 06/20/2006, 09:22 PM

it closes up and shrinks down to nothing if you go by it, do not think its a feather duster.

IslandCrow · 06/20/2006, 09:35 PM

Yeah, looks like a tubeworm to me. The base looks to rigid to be aptasia. Besides, that's far too convenient a location for aptasia. In my tank, aptasia likes to spring up on the underside of a rock in the back of my tank between my two favorite and most fragile corals, so it's next to impossible to get to it.

whiteshark · 06/20/2006, 10:02 PM

I don't know what it is, but I don't think it is a feather duster or aiptasia.... If I had to lean to one or the other I would say aiptasia, but it just doesn't quite look like one to me.

06/20/2006, 08:12 PM	#1
doox00 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Michigan Posts: 928	found something growing from my powerhead hehe found something growing on one of my powerheads. know what it is?

06/20/2006, 08:40 PM	#2
angelsj247 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Joliet, IL Posts: 866	hmm might be apstasia __________________ 2 perc clownfish, 2 peppermint shrimp, astrea, turbo, & nassarius snails, 20 lbs Live Rock Current Tank Info: 20gal FOWLR

06/20/2006, 09:11 PM	#3
garyw68 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 648	....hmmmm....that is cool. What would cause it to grow on a powerhead? __________________ My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. Current Tank Info: 180 gal AGA reef - 55 gal sump/refuge - 235 lbs of LR - 3x250 14k MH w/ 4x96 blue actinic PC's - SRO 5000ext skimmer - 2 Vortech MP40w/es

06/20/2006, 09:17 PM	#4
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	looks likee a feather duster __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

06/20/2006, 09:35 PM	#6
IslandCrow Reef Monkey Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockledge, Fl Posts: 5,759	Yeah, looks like a tubeworm to me. The base looks to rigid to be aptasia. Besides, that's far too convenient a location for aptasia. In my tank, aptasia likes to spring up on the underside of a rock in the back of my tank between my two favorite and most fragile corals, so it's next to impossible to get to it. __________________ All opinions in the above message should be taken with 35 ppt salt. -Mike C. Current Tank Info: I have a reef screen saver on my phone, does that count?

06/20/2006, 09:22 PM	#5
doox00 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Michigan Posts: 928	it closes up and shrinks down to nothing if you go by it, do not think its a feather duster.

06/20/2006, 10:02 PM	#7
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	I don't know what it is, but I don't think it is a feather duster or aiptasia.... If I had to lean to one or the other I would say aiptasia, but it just doesn't quite look like one to me. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.