Cottonball lookin thing???

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  1. reefgirl16

    reefgirl16 Feather Duster

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    Today i was looking at my Frogspawn and saw this white little cottonball looking thing on it. i think it is a fungus, because it certainly doesn't look like worms. it's located just below the "pulp" of the coral.
     
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  2. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    Without a pic there's no telling :(
     
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  3. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Yeah, hard without a pic. Wild guess, a sponge. That's what cotton ball lookin things usually are, anyway.
     
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  4. reefgirl16

    reefgirl16 Feather Duster

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    Growing ON the coral???
     
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  5. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    When you said growing below the "pulp", I thought you meant below the flesh. I think you meant polyp?? Again, a picture would really help.
     
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  6. Biocube

    Biocube Giant Squid

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    Look anything like this?? If so from what I'm told its a Sea Squirt.

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  7. reefgirl16

    reefgirl16 Feather Duster

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    sponge.JPG
    This is it
     
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  8. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    Might be a sponge of some sort.
     
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  9. reefgirl16

    reefgirl16 Feather Duster

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    Okay it's a sponge so my next question is, is it harmful to my frogspawn?
     
    reefgirl16, Mar 11, 2012
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  10. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I really don't know. I would say know unless it starts to overgrow the frogspawn.
     
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