MiKeE Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 just want to know if anybody can give me an id for these weird stuff that is growing near my xenia.. the circular white things..like flower petals.. yellowish, pinkish, roundish, weirdish, AAHHH CR*P, i dunno...just look at the pics Link to comment
Acoustic Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Looks like a new colony of these: Link to comment
onthefly Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Acoustic, I think that is a salp you posted? Those live pretty deep down. I think it probably some form of tunicate..... Link to comment
tinyreef Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 i think you guys are thinking of ctenophores. mike, those thingys look like macroalgae. specifically a type of red macro. someone here had a beautiful pic of it growing in their tank. very whipser-like and 'willowy' but more obviously red than yours (sorry). i don't think that this link is it (porphyra?) but you can see the thinness and transparency or translucency that it can form. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/rhodophyta.html Link to comment
Satchmo Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Looks like the aliens from "The Abyss." I wouldn't start worrying until your water column forms a head and starts snaking through your house. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Martensia pavonia Padina gymnospora Padina sancctae-crucis Lobophora variegata HTH. PS: We have a forum for this Stryfe..... Link to comment
MiKeE Posted March 30, 2003 Author Share Posted March 30, 2003 unfortunately, i do feel that this is an advanced topic, rather than an ordinary question.... well more like an advanced question that could be a topic.. thats why i decided to post it here... dave, what you mentioned above help alot.. i always thought that it was a Padina gymnospora but ones on your list are algae's... these ones are alive..they close, and open, and can also move... thanks guys.. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 I'm with satch, I thought they looked just like the creatures in Abyss. They look real cool and, if your xenia doesn't mind em, I say leave em be. Link to comment
Satchmo Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Mike- do they really have that crazy glow to them or is that from the flash or something? Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 can you get a better pic? its kinda blurry. what is the root structure like? there a "hold fast"? maybe it is plastic baggie or some glad wrap someone carelessly tossed overboard and it mysteriously mutated when it came in contact with a strange glowing ooze...... T.M.N.C. Scerlatins in a half shell... Coral powarrr ! Link to comment
MiKeE Posted March 30, 2003 Author Share Posted March 30, 2003 it does have a crazy glow, hard to take a picture..when the halides are on...the lights just reflects from them and back to your eyes..as if they dont want to be seen by the world... Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 raise your halides up about 3 feet then take pic. you won't get the glare. I swear... if you are "pranking" us....... Bang zoom Alice ! Link to comment
MiKeE Posted March 30, 2003 Author Share Posted March 30, 2003 dammit dave... what the hell are you talking about.. might just be a prank, might just be a mutated mushroom or something... man, i dont know what they are, i had spent 8 hours on the internet last night trying to figure out these stuff, all i can find that kind of look's like it is an algae. didnt want it to crap out my tank so i had to take them out and throw them in the fuge... few of them died tho.. Link to comment
cal3v Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Padina sancctae-crucis, thats what I'd have to say it is. Usually don't see it too often in home systems. Link to comment
Bucket o Chum Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 It looks like the spawn of a nudibranch. Link to comment
zizmans Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 It looks cool as hell. Is that how it looks in real life? Is it a hoax? I want one. Send one to me and I'll try to find out what it is. Just spent 6 hours online trying to. I want one. Do they make that kick-ass water spout camera thing? Link to comment
pitbullpooch Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 jellyfish.make sure you feed him a tang a day oops sorry i think its a octopi Link to comment
tam Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 i dont know what it is, but can i have some? -tam Link to comment
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