Algae ID unknown egg like sacks

darren.funk · 02/05/2014, 12:44 AM

Not sure what these are, purchased LR today and found these after I placed them in my tank.

bundybear1981 · 02/05/2014, 02:36 AM

Look like a couple of sponges to me. They are harmless and will come n go all the time.

faithenfire · 02/05/2014, 07:30 AM

i think they are sponges as well

darren.funk · 02/07/2014, 02:12 PM

That's what everyone told me at my other LFS I go to. The nitrate spike from my cycle dried up and look like a dried sponge 😁

tunedtank · 02/07/2014, 02:58 PM

Im not trying to sound anyway but nitrates dont nessacarilly dry up and they have absolutely nothing to with a sponge drying up. What the picture looks like is actually a sponge it is a living creature that filters particulates and bacteria out if the water they are beneficial and in a way part of the biolofical filtratiin of your tank. Usually exposure to air will trap bubbles in its tissue and kill the sponge so if you want it to stay alive keep it submerged. Good luck

02/05/2014, 12:44 AM	#1
darren.funk Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 18	Algae ID unknown egg like sacks Not sure what these are, purchased LR today and found these after I placed them in my tank. __________________ Using Tapatalk Current Tank Info: 20gal high (cycling marine) tank

02/05/2014, 02:36 AM	#2
bundybear1981 Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Posts: 685 Blog Entries: 1	Look like a couple of sponges to me. They are harmless and will come n go all the time. __________________ Tank inhabitants : 2x Clownfish, 1x Blue Koran, 1x Foxface Lo, 1xCoral Beauty, 1x Blue Tang, 1x Sailfin Tang Current Tank Info: New Build : 250g (6x3x2) with 2x RW15 pumps, 2x 2200lph return pumps, Tunze ATO, Jebao Dosing Pump, AquaOne G220 Skimmer

02/05/2014, 07:30 AM	#3
faithenfire it's all IMO Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 430	i think they are sponges as well __________________ Looking for a 26 gallon bit of a underwater paradise. Current Tank Info: I am a caretaker of a 7ish year old 26 gal bowfront tank. I have watchman goby, a gold stripe neon goby, a rainford goby, pajama cardinal, possum wrasse and a clean up crew including a wall/rock climbing serpent star

02/07/2014, 02:12 PM	#4
darren.funk Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 18	That's what everyone told me at my other LFS I go to. The nitrate spike from my cycle dried up and look like a dried sponge 😁 __________________ Using Tapatalk Current Tank Info: 20gal high (cycling marine) tank

02/07/2014, 02:58 PM	#5
tunedtank Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 75	Im not trying to sound anyway but nitrates dont nessacarilly dry up and they have absolutely nothing to with a sponge drying up. What the picture looks like is actually a sponge it is a living creature that filters particulates and bacteria out if the water they are beneficial and in a way part of the biolofical filtratiin of your tank. Usually exposure to air will trap bubbles in its tissue and kill the sponge so if you want it to stay alive keep it submerged. Good luck