New Aquarium with a baby coral? (now with photo)

jag911 · 05/16/2006, 06:50 PM

Hi everyone... I wanted to start with a big "thanx" for all the help provided so far...

I have a 46g bow tank that I have recently started. i ordered 46lbs of fiji LR from an online dealer. this rock was cleaned and put into the aquarium, and about a week has passed since it was introduced.

I now have new growth occuring in the rock... green Halimeda (?) plants, green grass like plants, purple grass like plants, etc. INcluded in this is a VERY small (1/4 of a dime sized) clear critter of some sort, i believe it is a coral. I have seen it crouch back into it's base when the tank is disturbed and debris is in the water.

I wanted to have a reef tank in the long run, but envisioned a FOWLR tank with the option of going reef down the road. Yet if this is some sort of coral like creature then i'd like to try to keep it alive. Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me?

jer77 · 05/16/2006, 06:53 PM

Keep it under some bright lights. What kind of lights do you have? Can you get a pic of your coral?

jag911 · 05/16/2006, 06:54 PM

Sorry, i should have added that I do have a current satillite 2x98 watt light setup (with the anticipation of goign reef eventually)....

jag911 · 05/16/2006, 07:06 PM

bad pic but it's so small and clear...

stupac21 · 05/16/2006, 07:13 PM

Is it a feather duster?

jag911 · 05/16/2006, 08:21 PM

No, At least I don't think it's a duster. I have seen these before, they have long thing brown shafts with the feather like flower at the tope...

This is a little clear bulbs that are sort tube or vase shaped. They have a little hole at the top of each bulb/tube.

Does this sound familiar to anyone??

CrOsSwIrE · 05/16/2006, 08:29 PM

sponges

jag911 · 05/16/2006, 08:43 PM

don't sponges die if exposed to air? This was shipped is why i ask...

stupac21 · 05/16/2006, 08:59 PM

can you get a better pic?

CrOsSwIrE · 05/16/2006, 09:57 PM

they might, but I shipped some lr to my house... (only took 2hrs), and the sponges came out fine.

Paintbug · 05/17/2006, 07:37 AM

sounds like a Scypha sponge, AKA Pineapple sponge. take a look here http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sponge.html

jag911 · 05/17/2006, 09:58 AM

Hmm... If it's the pic on melevs page, i dont think so... the pic doesn't show it but there are no hairlike features... just lots of little tube bulb polyp type things... I'm going to try another photo tonight.

ACBlinky · 05/17/2006, 12:58 PM

Looks like a feather duster worm to me, but the pic isn't great (I find it hard to get close-ups too). If you move something near it, does it quickly retract? If so, you're looking at a worm. Pineapple sponges really do look like little pineapples made of cotton, and often where there's one there are more nearby. Either way, if it's one of the two it's beneficial.

jag911 · 05/17/2006, 05:10 PM

New better photo...

jag911 · 05/17/2006, 05:14 PM

And he wanted to get in a shot too...

Paintbug · 05/17/2006, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jag911
New better photo...

that looks like some type of Colonia Tunicate. still hard to say for sure.

05/16/2006, 06:50 PM	#1
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	New Aquarium with a baby coral? (now with photo) Hi everyone... I wanted to start with a big "thanx" for all the help provided so far... I have a 46g bow tank that I have recently started. i ordered 46lbs of fiji LR from an online dealer. this rock was cleaned and put into the aquarium, and about a week has passed since it was introduced. I now have new growth occuring in the rock... green Halimeda (?) plants, green grass like plants, purple grass like plants, etc. INcluded in this is a VERY small (1/4 of a dime sized) clear critter of some sort, i believe it is a coral. I have seen it crouch back into it's base when the tank is disturbed and debris is in the water. I wanted to have a reef tank in the long run, but envisioned a FOWLR tank with the option of going reef down the road. Yet if this is some sort of coral like creature then i'd like to try to keep it alive. Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me? Last edited by jag911; 05/16/2006 at 07:08 PM.

05/16/2006, 06:53 PM	#2
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	Keep it under some bright lights. What kind of lights do you have? Can you get a pic of your coral? __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

05/16/2006, 06:54 PM	#3
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	Sorry, i should have added that I do have a current satillite 2x98 watt light setup (with the anticipation of goign reef eventually).... __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef

05/16/2006, 08:21 PM	#6
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	No, At least I don't think it's a duster. I have seen these before, they have long thing brown shafts with the feather like flower at the tope... This is a little clear bulbs that are sort tube or vase shaped. They have a little hole at the top of each bulb/tube. Does this sound familiar to anyone?? __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef

05/16/2006, 08:43 PM	#8
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	don't sponges die if exposed to air? This was shipped is why i ask... __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef

05/16/2006, 07:06 PM	#4
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	bad pic but it's so small and clear...

05/16/2006, 07:13 PM	#5
stupac21 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Veteran, NY Posts: 292	Is it a feather duster?

05/16/2006, 08:29 PM	#7
CrOsSwIrE Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: dwight, IL Posts: 223	sponges

05/16/2006, 08:59 PM	#9
stupac21 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Veteran, NY Posts: 292	can you get a better pic?

05/16/2006, 09:57 PM	#10
CrOsSwIrE Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: dwight, IL Posts: 223	they might, but I shipped some lr to my house... (only took 2hrs), and the sponges came out fine.

05/17/2006, 07:37 AM	#11
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	sounds like a Scypha sponge, AKA Pineapple sponge. take a look here http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sponge.html __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

05/17/2006, 09:58 AM	#12
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	Hmm... If it's the pic on melevs page, i dont think so... the pic doesn't show it but there are no hairlike features... just lots of little tube bulb polyp type things... I'm going to try another photo tonight. __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef

05/17/2006, 12:58 PM	#13
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	Looks like a feather duster worm to me, but the pic isn't great (I find it hard to get close-ups too). If you move something near it, does it quickly retract? If so, you're looking at a worm. Pineapple sponges really do look like little pineapples made of cotton, and often where there's one there are more nearby. Either way, if it's one of the two it's beneficial. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

05/17/2006, 05:10 PM	#14
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	New better photo... __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef

05/17/2006, 05:14 PM	#15
jag911 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ks Posts: 45	And he wanted to get in a shot too... __________________ just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming Current Tank Info: 46b/ barely reef