2 for the price of 1

[BibleSue]

I have this soft dark matt that started under the rock & has moved onto the top and around some of my zoos. I think I read what it was before but can't find it.

 

 

Also, I was checking out a polyp that was not opened today & found these clear water blister looking guys. When I was removing them, they squirted out a bump in their middle. It is the yellowish bean shaped bump to the right of the polyps that are growing down onto the disk. Any ideas?

 

 

After removal.

[c est ma]

Could the second one be some sort of tunicate?

 

--Diane

[BibleSue]

Could the second one be some sort of tunicate?

 

--Diane

 

Thanks, Daine! I was hoping you would chime in. It's been awhile since I have looked at them. I'll see what I can find. You can't see it very well but there is another one wedged between the polyps above the one on the rock. There were 2 others between the polyps. They were water filled bubbles.

[Hoobahans]

1st is a sponge like this one:

 

 

They grow all over my tank. I think that they are harmless.

[BibleSue]

1st is a sponge like this one:

 

 

They grow all over my tank. I think that they are harmless.

 

It seems to be engulfing my polyps on that rock. That is what was concerning me.

[Hoobahans]

Mine have never ventured out into full light, so maybe that's a good sign that yours won't expand too much further into the polyps. They will grow to just past the edges of the rock but not further. As an experiment I tried kalk paste on one and it killed it fast. So if it gets out of hand you could try that.

 

Btw, every time I see that pumpkin burger my mouth waters.

[c est ma]

I have read more than one nano-reefer posting problems with invasive sponges, though. Perhaps you should see if you can pull it off...

 

(I've never had a problem with sponges--yet--but I've learned to never say never...)

 

--Diane