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09/23/2010, 10:57 AM
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ID request enjoy em' or exterminate em' (photo)
I was thinking the items above the ricordia were colonial hydroids the shape and color are different than all the pictures I've seen of them so I'm not totally positive. I'm a firm believer in "when in doubt take it out but I kind of like the way these look so I would like confirmation of what they are. Sorry, these are the best pictures I can get the only camera I have is an old 4Mpx point and shoot.
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09/23/2010, 11:07 AM
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the pics look good to me, and thast thing looks cool, ive got no idea what it is though
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09/23/2010, 02:13 PM
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hard to tell
have u observed any negative interaction between the mystery colony and the ricordea? that is an easy way to tell if the mushroom looks like it is being stung by those things then they r prob not good. if no negative interaction is occurring then u r prob ok
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09/23/2010, 02:41 PM
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I am not sure what these are either but i have a blue zillion of them everywhere. I havent seen any ill effects from them yet. They glow wicked under actinics and especially moonlight. It is like a small grouped together pipe organ coral or group of small dusters in a way.
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09/23/2010, 02:48 PM
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they look like colonial hydriods to me, which arnt good... when in doubt, throw em out
link http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1781142
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09/24/2010, 04:01 AM
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They look a lot like some green palys I have in my tank. They came in as hitchhikers and have grown in a fairly rapid, but controllable, way (the colony is probably ~ 6" across after two years). Where they're located in my tank I have to prune them back when they spread near a blasto (they sting it) but they're also next to some mushrooms and don't seem to bother those in the least.
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09/24/2010, 06:27 AM
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Looks like green buttons stretching for light to me.
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09/24/2010, 06:35 AM
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Look like hydroids from the pic. What do the stalks look like?
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09/24/2010, 07:30 PM
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i have almost the exact same lookin things in my tank, just not your exact color.
mine do infact sting corals. i have a small sps frag growing around them because of it. reading, hopefully once im at a ulns enviroement they supposdely whither away. |
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