Orange and Brown Growth ID

teamreefers · 07/01/2007, 10:03 AM

Can anyone identify this thing? It is orange with brown spots on the right side of the rock.
It came attached to the mushroom rock we bought and has really grown in that two months. Macroalgae maybe?

Thanks

Whisperer · 07/01/2007, 10:31 AM

It's a kind of algae, I don't klnow the exact name of it. I grows very fast but easily removed. None of my fish ate it. My clowns hosted it until I pulled it out.

Dubbin1 · 07/01/2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by Whisperer
My clowns hosted it until I pulled it out.

Correction, it hosted your clowns until you pulled it out

Whisperer · 07/01/2007, 10:47 AM

Wrong

Dubbin1 · 07/01/2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by Whisperer
Wrong

Yup you were wrong.

rssjsb · 07/01/2007, 11:21 AM

Actually, Dubbin1, I think Whisperer is correct. It's counterintuitive, but clowns are said to "host" whatever they're living in.

cfarrow2 · 07/01/2007, 11:24 AM

It looks like a type of kelp? not too sure

Dubbin1 · 07/01/2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by rssjsb
Actually, Dubbin1, I think Whisperer is correct. It's counterintuitive, but clowns are said to "host" whatever they're living in.

And another person is wrong... If the algae was living on the clown then the clown would be hosting it (like a parasite uses a fish for a host). Since the clown was living in the algae then that makes the algae the host.

Whisperer · 07/01/2007, 11:43 AM

rssjb, I would leave it at that. Let him be wrong forever

Dubbin1 · 07/01/2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by Whisperer
rssjb, I would leave it at that. Let him be wrong forever

LOL here do some reading and get a little educated on the subject before telling me how wrong I am... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_%28biology%29

airinhere · 07/01/2007, 12:50 PM

AquaReeferMan · 07/01/2007, 12:54 PM

Dubbin is correct. Clowns do not host things unless its a parasite or isopod or something along that lines. Anemones, coral, powerheads, algae, ect, ect, ect host clowns. If you stay at someones house you are not the host. I hope this makes sence.

07/01/2007, 10:03 AM	#1
teamreefers Moved On Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 236	Orange and Brown Growth ID Can anyone identify this thing? It is orange with brown spots on the right side of the rock. It came attached to the mushroom rock we bought and has really grown in that two months. Macroalgae maybe? Thanks

07/01/2007, 10:31 AM	#2
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	It's a kind of algae, I don't klnow the exact name of it. I grows very fast but easily removed. None of my fish ate it. My clowns hosted it until I pulled it out. __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

07/01/2007, 10:47 AM	#4
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	Wrong __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

07/01/2007, 11:21 AM	#6
rssjsb Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,243	Actually, Dubbin1, I think Whisperer is correct. It's counterintuitive, but clowns are said to "host" whatever they're living in. __________________ Robin

07/01/2007, 11:24 AM	#7
cfarrow2 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 626	It looks like a type of kelp? not too sure __________________ Happiness is contagious. What are you spreading? Current Tank Info: 55 gal. 216 W. T5s. Wet/dry sump w/ Mag 5 return. Softies, 3 fish, shrimp, urchin. HA factory for the time being.

07/01/2007, 11:43 AM	#9
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	rssjb, I would leave it at that. Let him be wrong forever __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

07/01/2007, 12:50 PM	#11
airinhere Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cayman Islands Posts: 1,256	__________________ Quit your job. Buy a ticket. Get a tan. Fall in love. Never return. Current Tank Info: 20 gallon roundfront and 75 gallon

07/01/2007, 12:54 PM	#12
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Dubbin is correct. Clowns do not host things unless its a parasite or isopod or something along that lines. Anemones, coral, powerheads, algae, ect, ect, ect host clowns. If you stay at someones house you are not the host. I hope this makes sence. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together