Please Id !!

fasturtle30 · 05/25/2008, 10:30 AM

Hi guys and thanks for comments. Would someone tell me what is this growing in my rock? is good or bad?

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sassafrass · 05/25/2008, 10:34 AM

I' guessing it is soft and has a hole in the end of each "finger" in that case it is either a sponge or tunicate both harmless filter feeders.
Lee

fasturtle30 · 05/25/2008, 10:37 AM

yes it is really soft but im not sure about the holes in each finger looks like it but not sure like i said

any other ideas?

johnd4g · 05/25/2008, 11:38 AM

I believe it's a sponge. Don't expose it to air.

opskiller · 05/25/2008, 11:51 AM

Yeah that looks like a sponge to me...

Ops

fasturtle30 · 05/25/2008, 01:47 PM

hey johnd4g why u said do not to expose it to the air?
are sponges good? bad? harmless?

Soundwave · 05/25/2008, 04:30 PM

You can't expose a sponge to air. 95% of the time, it will die. This is the case with many starfish, also. Yet, some do it and wonder why the things die.

05/25/2008, 10:30 AM	#1
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	Please Id !! Hi guys and thanks for comments. Would someone tell me what is this growing in my rock? is good or bad? [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

05/25/2008, 10:37 AM	#3
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	yes it is really soft but im not sure about the holes in each finger looks like it but not sure like i said any other ideas? __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

05/25/2008, 11:38 AM	#4
johnd4g Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 159	I believe it's a sponge. Don't expose it to air. __________________ * John * Current Tank Info: 120 gal mixed reef, 25 gal nano

05/25/2008, 01:47 PM	#6
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	hey johnd4g why u said do not to expose it to the air? are sponges good? bad? harmless? __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

05/25/2008, 10:34 AM	#2
sassafrass Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: capitola ca Posts: 1,729	I' guessing it is soft and has a hole in the end of each "finger" in that case it is either a sponge or tunicate both harmless filter feeders. Lee

05/25/2008, 11:51 AM	#5
opskiller Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brew City Posts: 27	Yeah that looks like a sponge to me... Ops

05/25/2008, 04:30 PM	#7
Soundwave Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maroa, Il Posts: 361	You can't expose a sponge to air. 95% of the time, it will die. This is the case with many starfish, also. Yet, some do it and wonder why the things die.