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09/16/2006, 09:42 PM
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Please identify
Sorry no pic. It looks like a carnation and is purple with red all around the edges. It jus poped up out of the blue on my HOB filter discharge area. I cant find anything that looks like this. Im just looking for any ideas that i can look in to. Thank you for helping.
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09/16/2006, 09:59 PM
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"It looks like a carnation" -- do you mean a carnation coral, or the flower? If it looks like a flower, sort of ruffled, and it's an animal that moves around, it's possible it's a sea slug.
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09/16/2006, 10:04 PM
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carnation flower. It does not move either
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09/16/2006, 10:08 PM
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Does it look like this?
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09/16/2006, 10:09 PM
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got a size reference? The size of a pencil lead, an eraser or a full carnation flower? Not that I can think of much in any of these sizes.
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09/16/2006, 10:19 PM
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Try looking here. Look at the purple nudibranch see if it looks similar. This is a great site for getting an ID.
http://melevsreef.com/id/snails.html
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09/16/2006, 10:40 PM
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There are 2 of them and from side to side each are about 1 inch. no it never has moved. Not a purple nudibranch. What is that in your pic affan? it started to pop up about 1.5 months ago and is growing. It looks really cool and would make a great decoration. I plan on ditching the filter that it is growing on right now but i dont know how to take it off and attach it to a piece of live rock.
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09/16/2006, 10:42 PM
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The picture I posted is of a carnation coral. Dendronepthya sp.
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09/16/2006, 10:45 PM
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Is it possible to spontainously pop up? If so what does it look like when it is young.
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09/16/2006, 10:49 PM
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Well, jdoe#2, it appears you've hit on one of the fun things about this hobby--trying to figure out just what the heck it is that popped up. I can't think of a think I've run into that sounds like yours. A pic may help. Good luck finding an answer.
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09/16/2006, 11:01 PM
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thank you. i will post a pic with in the next few days. I am really curious myself.
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09/17/2006, 05:26 PM
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