TheKleinReef Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Ay ideas? I dipped it an nothing happened. They look like little strings clumped up encase in some type of jelly. Link to comment
CardsFan Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 That's called crustaceans they aren't bad they are all over my tank nothing to worry about. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 I have never seen anything like this before. They don't seem like crustaceans. Almost like worms tangled inside a jelly sac. I'm talking about the white things around the outside on the flesh. Not the purple things on the skeleton. Link to comment
Deleted User 3 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Cerebral cortex BAHAHAHAH.... 2 Link to comment
Lawnman Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 They are just tube worms. All my brains have them but I never move my brains. Wellso are finicky once I find the happy spot I never touch them. Link to comment
Deleted User 3 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 No he means the white spots around the rim lawnman... weird.. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 I noticed it wasn't looking so good, it lightened in color and was sliming a bunch. So I decided a revive dip wouldn't hurt. Nothing came off or anything, so I put it right back and now it's looking a little bit better. It stopped sliming, but I'm still wondering wha those things are... Link to comment
Lawnman Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Ow didn't even pay any attention to those. How long have you had this brain? Are those white spots slimey? Do they wipe away with your finger? Link to comment
slickwill613 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It's not a tumor! Pineapple sponges maybe? Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 They look like egg sacks. You can try slicing one off to see better. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Ow didn't even pay any attention to those. How long have you had this brain? Are those white spots slimey? Do they wipe away with your finger? no they're like stuck. and the flesh pulls with it when i try to pull it away. It's not a tumor! Pineapple sponges maybe? nahh i have pineapple sponges and they look nothing like this They look like egg sacks. You can try slicing one off to see better. i'll try that tomorrow. its kinda awkward to do because i don't want to damage the flesh. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Dude, I've never seen anything like it.....Pretty scary lol. Link to comment
jersey Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 when under water, do they have a tube coming from them? Place it so it is up against the glass sorta so that you can study it with the flash light.. Also, do they retract at all with touch? Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 when under water, do they have a tube coming from them? Place it so it is up against the glass sorta so that you can study it with the flash light.. Also, do they retract at all with touch? Nope. Nothing like that. Link to comment
Deleted User 3 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Email it to wet web media, maybe bob can help you. Link to comment
Toontjuh Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Looks like its mesenterial filaments. 1 Link to comment
CardsFan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Difately if your talking about te spots those are not tube worms I would definately look into it farther never seen anything like it Link to comment
OMGSIIK Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It almost looks like sponges but I thought they only grew on hard surfaces and not on the actual flesh. I had skme on my lobo skeleton that I carefully sliced off with a scalpel. Link to comment
CardsFan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Alright so you need to explain there's none on the actual coral? If not i would almost say sponges Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Looks like its mesenterial filaments. Just googled that and it does look like that. Would explain the disappearing flesh underneath too. To the OP, was it near anything? Alright so you need to explain there's none on the actual coral? If not i would almost say sponges You can see in the picture they are on the fleshy rim underneath. Link to comment
Eole00 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 my guess would be some type of siphonophore. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 no the coral wasn't near anything. it has its own little spot away from everything on a little rock, cause it never looks happy on the sandbed for some reason. i can tell that the spots are not a growth from it, because the brain slimes up intensely, probably in a attempt to get them off. I'm at college now, so i can't give a more recent description, but i can call my parents later today and get another picture and maybe more descriptions. Link to comment
patback Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Looks like its mesenterial filaments. Hold the brain upside down in the water in a decent amount of flow. (Not too strong). If they move around slightly after some jelly is blown off, I will be almost positive that this is what they are. Link to comment
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