Abzdot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hi, so I started my reef tank 3-4 weeks ago now and I have live rock and live sand. I have just noticed that this random little thing has popped out of the sand! any idea what it is?? 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, Abzdot said: Hi, so I started my reef tank 3-4 weeks ago now and I have live rock and live sand. I have just noticed that this random little thing has popped out of the sand! any idea what it is?? Is it soft? Looks like cespitularia to me. 2 Quote Link to comment
Abzdot Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 minute ago, WV Reefer said: Is it soft? Looks like cespitularia to me. It seems soft to me, with the power head it moves very slightly but doesn’t flow around like hammer head or torch corals 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Abzdot said: It seems soft to me, with the power head it moves very slightly but doesn’t flow around like hammer head or torch corals Look up cespitularia. It looks very similar to what you have when closed up. It’s very pretty but can grow like a weed. 1 Quote Link to comment
Abzdot Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: Look up cespitularia. It looks very similar to what you have when closed up. It’s very pretty but can grow like a weed. Personally I am not too certain myself, I have looked at pictures and can’t really tell. I am also really new to this hobby and I got 2 clowns and a small colony of zoanthids. When it grows ill come back here to send updates pictures! I currently think that it is inconclusive due to it looking really generic. My first thought was a Kenya tree. 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Abzdot said: Personally I am not too certain myself, I have looked at pictures and can’t really tell. I am also really new to this hobby and I got 2 clowns and a small colony of zoanthids. When it grows ill come back here to send updates pictures! I currently think that it is inconclusive due to it looking really generic. My first thought was a Kenya tree. It could be a Kenya tree....... but I’m sticking with my first guess because of the shape. I’m gonna try to find some old pics of mine before I ripped it all out and see if that helps you identify it. Edited April 10, 2020 by WV Reefer Couldn’t find a single pic. 😄 I only had it a few months before tearing it back out again. 1 Quote Link to comment
Abzdot Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 4/10/2020 at 6:09 PM, WV Reefer said: It could be a Kenya tree....... but I’m sticking with my first guess because of the shape. I’m gonna try to find some old pics of mine before I ripped it all out and see if that helps you identify it. Update! as I promised 🙂. I hope you have stayed safe during the coronavirus lockdown! The cespitularia has grown to the extent of having little arms. Unfortunately I have had an outbreak of cyano but I am sorting it out 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, Abzdot said: Update! as I promised 🙂. I hope you have stayed safe during the coronavirus lockdown! The cespitularia has grown to the extent of having little arms. Unfortunately I have had an outbreak of cyano but I am sorting it out That’s great! 😊 It’s starting to look less like Cespitularia now that it has arms. I’m interested to see what it turns into. 1 Quote Link to comment
Clownfish king Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 That’s cool! Are you using live or dry rock. If it’s live well that’s where you got it from! 1 Quote Link to comment
Abzdot Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Clownfish king said: That’s cool! Are you using live or dry rock. If it’s live well that’s where you got it from! all of my rock is live rock, I cannot complain about this "pest" 🙂 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Don't worry too much about the cyano. Keep your nitrates and phosphates within reasonable bounds (which means not super low, either!) and it'll probably go away on its own. It's very common in new tanks. Nice find, but you may want to relocate it to somewhere it won't cause you any problems when it inevitably spreads. They're a very "keep this on its own little rock" coral. 1 Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Cespitularia sp. Scientific classificatione Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Alcyonacea Family: Xeniidae Genus: Cespitularia Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Interesting! Where did you get your live rock from? Quote Link to comment
Abzdot Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/26/2020 at 4:39 AM, Nano sapiens said: Interesting! Where did you get your live rock from? From some random Albanian guy off ebay for £3 per kg Quote Link to comment
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