weird things growing in sump

brianfleming · 12/23/2006, 07:57 PM

Hi all,

im new to this forum and have had a reef tank set up for about 9 months now. I have some weird things growing in my sump. THey look like a tadpole egg with a tadpole looking thing in them and then a really tiny branch connects of them to another one which grows a tadpole looking egg and so on they are growing pretty slowly. Does anyone know what these are and if they are good or bad. I have funny looking white things hanging of the glass and bio balls but i have been told they are good and it means my sump is mature. These weird tadpole looking eggs with branches growing of them have me stumped thought. Could anyone shed any light on these for me?

scrmbld33 · 12/23/2006, 08:06 PM

WELCOME Is this it, if so its a harmless sponge, can you get a pic?

brianfleming · 12/23/2006, 08:10 PM

Yes those are the good things that are living in the bio balls, its the other weird thing im worried about that grows on the glass its almost like a plant in the way it branches out.

scrmbld33 · 12/23/2006, 08:11 PM

check here www.melevsreef.com/id let me know if its there

brianfleming · 12/23/2006, 08:22 PM

No, I didnt find them on that webpage either. I just tried to take a pic but i cant as they are growing on the side of the sump and i cant get the camera in properly. THey are kind of like a jelly coated egg with what looks like a tiny black tadpole in it then of the round/oval shape jelly looking eggs a real hair thing branch branches off and then a new jelly egg thing grows and so on

scrmbld33 · 12/23/2006, 09:12 PM

can you get a few off them out of the sump and put them in a dish for a pic? it would help alot

12/23/2006, 07:57 PM	#1
brianfleming Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 24	weird things growing in sump Hi all, im new to this forum and have had a reef tank set up for about 9 months now. I have some weird things growing in my sump. THey look like a tadpole egg with a tadpole looking thing in them and then a really tiny branch connects of them to another one which grows a tadpole looking egg and so on they are growing pretty slowly. Does anyone know what these are and if they are good or bad. I have funny looking white things hanging of the glass and bio balls but i have been told they are good and it means my sump is mature. These weird tadpole looking eggs with branches growing of them have me stumped thought. Could anyone shed any light on these for me?

12/23/2006, 08:06 PM	#2
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	WELCOME Is this it, if so its a harmless sponge, can you get a pic? __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

12/23/2006, 08:11 PM	#4
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	check here www.melevsreef.com/id let me know if its there __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

12/23/2006, 09:12 PM	#6
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	can you get a few off them out of the sump and put them in a dish for a pic? it would help alot __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

12/23/2006, 08:10 PM	#3
brianfleming Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 24	Yes those are the good things that are living in the bio balls, its the other weird thing im worried about that grows on the glass its almost like a plant in the way it branches out.

12/23/2006, 08:22 PM	#5
brianfleming Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 24	No, I didnt find them on that webpage either. I just tried to take a pic but i cant as they are growing on the side of the sump and i cant get the camera in properly. THey are kind of like a jelly coated egg with what looks like a tiny black tadpole in it then of the round/oval shape jelly looking eggs a real hair thing branch branches off and then a new jelly egg thing grows and so on