ANY BODY SEEN THESE?

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by david, Jul 28, 2003.

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  1. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Hi every one!
    My tank is great! I just noticed a bunch of these wierd little white cocoons all over the place. Inside the skimmer, on the backs of the power head clips there are a million. They range in size from 2mm. long and 1mm. wide. To 5mm. long by 3mm. wide are they good bad or indifferent? What are they? Where did the come from? Some live rock I got had bigger green cocoon lookin' things with a kinda hole in the middle of them. Did they come from that?
                            thanks , D.
     
    david, Jul 28, 2003
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  2. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Here is a bad pic of the back of the power head clip maybe It'll help?
     

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  3. Craig Manoukian

    Craig Manoukian Giant Squid

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    David,

    Can't really see what it is, can you get a better picture. Unfortunately your description could be lots of things.
     
    Craig Manoukian, Jul 28, 2003
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  4. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Are they moving around David or staying put?
    Probably some kind of pod.
    Can't tell from that pic.
    Harmless... fish food.
     
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  5. karlas

    karlas Fire Goby

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    hmmm do they look like a qtip end with a little tuft and hollow in the middle? if so could be a qtip sponge or some other type of sponge. does it have small tubes sticking out? maby a tunicate of some type

    the qtip sponges look kinda fuzzy might be it
     
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  6. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    They stay put never move at all. I'm sure it's nothing bad I've just never seen them.Karlas they do have a hollow in the middle of the tip but no tufft? But they do look kinda fuzzy
     
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  7. karlas

    karlas Fire Goby

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    thats probably it most of mine had a tuft on the end a couple of the smaller ones didnt. when i got a few they exploeded in population but then thinned out again. its just a sponge is all a harmless filter feeder. it seemed after they thinned out i got other sponges yellow, white, and looks like a small orange one forming
     
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  8. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Those perticular ones are calcarious, if you've got elevated phosphates it will hinder they're growth. I've got those things coming outa my , well you know.
     
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