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03-22-2008, 10:36 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Danville, IL
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 |  What is this? Soft and spongy!
I have noticed two pieces of this growing between the LR in my tank (circled). It is soft and somewhat spongy, almost gelatin like. I first thought it is a frag of my star polyps but there is no polyps coming out of it. Can someone ID this and tell me if this is harmful to my tank? Thanks
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Tank -92g corner tank, 20g sump, ASM G2X protein skimmer.
Lighting - Current Sundial 250W HQI MH, 64W Dual actinic, 32W 50/50 T5.
Fish - 1 Indonesian Yellow Tang, 1 Regal Blue Tang, 2 False Percula Crowns, 2 Bangai Cardinals, 4 Blue-Green Chromis, 1 mandarin, 1 Cherub Angelfish.
Inverts - 1 cleaner shrimp, 10 hermit crabs, 3 turbo snails, 1 emerald crab, 1 Sally lightfoot crab | 
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03-22-2008, 11:41 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: monterey...cali Age: 25
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dont have a clue
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03-22-2008, 11:50 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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looks similar to some tunicates Ive got growing. _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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03-28-2008, 12:42 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Bruno, CA Age: 33
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Originally Posted by geekdafied  looks similar to some tunicates Ive got growing. |
Aren't sea squirts considered invasive?
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03-28-2008, 01:06 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Here is a little more info on them... Tunicates or Sea Squirts: A Wet Link
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03-28-2008, 01:12 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Possible a type of soft coral!
I don not see any atrial or branchial syphon to categorize it as a Tunicate, nor do I see anything conclusive to offer me circumstantial evidence to support my obeservation of it being a sponge of some sort!
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04-01-2008, 06:40 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Maybe it is plating coral. I have seen plating coral like that before. They are semi-rigid. On the far right hand side of this pic there is some, but it is from an older colony and yours looks new.
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04-02-2008, 06:44 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 30
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Looks like some sort of coral in the very early stages of development.
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04-02-2008, 07:13 AM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Looks like a sponge to me, I have a bunch of those. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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04-02-2008, 08:03 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 Looks like a sponge to me, I have a bunch of those. Luna | Thats what I was thinking.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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