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08/21/2010, 04:48 PM
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What are these?
What are these growing on my rock?
I am new and this is my first saltwater tank. |
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08/21/2010, 04:49 PM
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Fuzzy kinda, but look like small polyps maybe? How old is the tank?
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08/21/2010, 04:51 PM
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The tank is about two weeks old... The rock I got from a guy that had it for a long time...
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08/21/2010, 04:54 PM
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They look like "button polyps." Palythoa sp.
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08/21/2010, 04:56 PM
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Are they good to have or a nuisance?
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08/21/2010, 05:14 PM
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+1 on button palys
They can be both good and a nuisance!! Keep them isolated and away from other rocks and you will be fine  They can multiply like weeds and become too much to handle! Take a look at my Neptune City thread and you will see what can happen  I'm still working on cutting it back after 1 yr!! It is a great find though! You could let it grow crazy then trade in a piece of it and get $ or use it as your food allowance lol
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08/21/2010, 05:24 PM
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Thanks for the replys!!!
I have other stuff growing on other rocks I would like to identify! I am amazed with all the life in the tank already just by adding the live rock! |
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08/21/2010, 05:33 PM
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Here are 3 of my Fav HitchHiker Sites
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html http://www.melevsreef.com/id/ and of course.. you can always ask here on RC!! Its amazing all the stuff you find!! I've had a SW tank almost 3yrs now and I still find things that I can't identify!! 
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08/21/2010, 05:41 PM
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Thanks... That is what I needed to try to find out what all this stuff is!
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