Moved a rock and found this little white ball...

OUPike1833 · 12/03/2008, 04:20 PM

Well a ball of sorts, I was in rearranging some of my rock in my tank and one of the rocks seemed to have this nickle sized half-sphere mass on the back of it. It almost has the surface appearance of a golf ball, dimpled of sorts. There, also, seems to be another organism of the same species about a couple inches away from it that is smaller in size then the other one but does by what look to be antennae type feelers coming from it. They do react to touch by shrinking in size some.

I will try to post pictures if necessary...

Thanks.

REEF-n-Chicago · 12/03/2008, 04:21 PM

Try to get a pic BUT it sounds like a sponge of some sort. I get these as well and they are def a good thing!

Gdevine · 12/03/2008, 05:01 PM

Agree...most likely a sponge. Sign of a healthy tank.

cash cow · 12/03/2008, 05:04 PM

definately sponge........

OUPike1833 · 12/03/2008, 09:24 PM

Here is the larger of the two...

Here is the smaller of the organisms with the antennae...

If these are sponges, is there anything I need to start doing for them as they begin to grow?

Garage1217 · 12/03/2008, 09:27 PM

Yeah, Keep them out of the air and put them back in the tank

Most all sponges hate being out of water, some die within moments of exposure to air, or are damaged.

OUPike1833 · 12/03/2008, 09:30 PM

The two pics were snapped quickly, I know the issue with some sponges and their sensitivity to air exposure. I just haven't seen a sponge look like these before...

Thanks for confirming that they are sponges...

chrismunn · 12/03/2008, 09:47 PM

BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :LOL:

nice sponge

crvz · 12/04/2008, 08:04 AM

Yeah, looks like harmless sponges to me as well. I have a number of them in my tank.

12/03/2008, 04:20 PM	#1
OUPike1833 I dose OxiClean! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 240	Moved a rock and found this little white ball... Well a ball of sorts, I was in rearranging some of my rock in my tank and one of the rocks seemed to have this nickle sized half-sphere mass on the back of it. It almost has the surface appearance of a golf ball, dimpled of sorts. There, also, seems to be another organism of the same species about a couple inches away from it that is smaller in size then the other one but does by what look to be antennae type feelers coming from it. They do react to touch by shrinking in size some. I will try to post pictures if necessary... Thanks.

12/03/2008, 04:21 PM	#2
REEF-n-Chicago Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA (san pedro) Posts: 1,456	Try to get a pic BUT it sounds like a sponge of some sort. I get these as well and they are def a good thing! __________________ Jordan My tank gets DRUNK every morning Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon w/ 100 gallon sump; 240 gallon

12/03/2008, 05:01 PM	#3
Gdevine Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pompano Beach, FL Posts: 1,232	Agree...most likely a sponge. Sign of a healthy tank. __________________ What's good having a monkey if you can't play with it? Current Tank Info: 65g Mixed Reef - 35g Fuge - EcoSystem Method

12/03/2008, 09:27 PM	#6
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,863	Yeah, Keep them out of the air and put them back in the tank Most all sponges hate being out of water, some die within moments of exposure to air, or are damaged. __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more!

12/03/2008, 09:47 PM	#8
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :LOL: nice sponge __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

12/03/2008, 05:04 PM	#4
cash cow Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: oxford, michigan Posts: 184	definately sponge........

12/03/2008, 09:24 PM	#5
OUPike1833 I dose OxiClean! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 240	Here is the larger of the two... Here is the smaller of the organisms with the antennae... If these are sponges, is there anything I need to start doing for them as they begin to grow?

12/03/2008, 09:30 PM	#7
OUPike1833 I dose OxiClean! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 240	The two pics were snapped quickly, I know the issue with some sponges and their sensitivity to air exposure. I just haven't seen a sponge look like these before... Thanks for confirming that they are sponges...

12/04/2008, 08:04 AM	#9
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	Yeah, looks like harmless sponges to me as well. I have a number of them in my tank. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?