BibleSue Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Well, I have checked with some of my "know it all" buddies & we are stumped. Any ideas on the clear oval stuff. Note there are 3 on a polyp in the upper left. Also note the strange growth with light markings growing at the base of the polyps to the right. I recently got this rock. I think it may have been wild caught. Out of the water In the water w/lights on Lights off I squnched up when offered mysis tonight. Any ideas? Link to comment
showjyr Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The tan brownish thing looks to be a type of tunicate. I would say the others may be too and I've had them come in on a frag ....they died off. Link to comment
BibleSue Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Thanks! We were just about to come to that conclusion. lakshwadeep gave me a link. None of the other trunticates I have had were like either of these. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I think those are what you would call colonial tunicates. Usually they don't show up in our tanks, partly due to a decreased biodiversity. They are pretty cool! As for the clear white "blobs", what kind of texture do they have? I suppose they could me gastropod eggs of some sort. They almost seem to have a lateral line, though. So like a see-through chiton or something? I don't know, very odd. Link to comment
BibleSue Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 I think those are what you would call colonial tunicates. Usually they don't show up in our tanks, partly due to a decreased biodiversity. They are pretty cool! As for the clear white "blobs", what kind of texture do they have? I suppose they could me gastropod eggs of some sort. They almost seem to have a lateral line, though. So like a see-through chiton or something? I don't know, very odd. The white blobs are like very thin skinned water blisters. It doesn't take much to pop them. I removed what I could find just in cast they were bad guys. I will research chitons. Thanks for the info. The other has to be a trunicate. It seems to be attached to the polyps. We'll see what comes of it! It is pretty. Link to comment
dsoz Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 When I first saw the clear bubbles, I thought FW snail eggs. I used to pick them off the Elodea in my tank when I was a kid. Other than that, I don't know. dsoz Link to comment
krankykris Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 the clear things kinda remind me of some of the smaller harmless sea jellies. Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 It's a few colonies of "colonial tunicates". I've seen those exact species personally many times, and usually they stay the same size and eventually shrink away, but sometimes they grow all cool-like. Harmless filter-feeder. Link to comment
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