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07-07-2006, 01:52 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta GA
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Identification Help
Can someone identify these 'cyst looking' things. Are they harmful and if so how should I kill them. I have several in my 55g tank and they are growing pretty fast. From about dime size to quarter size in a few weeks/month.
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07-07-2006, 01:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
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sorry I cant help id, do they move? looks kinda cool
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07-07-2006, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NW
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Looks like a tunicate. Some may chime in and say sponge. No argument here they are the same in most respects and not harmful. Those look like they are a pretty cool color.
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07-07-2006, 02:02 PM
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Professor Chaos
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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looks like leprosy... you should really get that looked at...
I agree with fly, its a sponge, harmless filter feeder.
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07-07-2006, 02:02 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta GA
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Originally Posted by Fsuraven
sorry I cant help id, do they move? looks kinda cool
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The body never moves, but they do have 4 tentacle looking things that I have seen move once or twice.
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07-07-2006, 02:24 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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I have something similar to that, mine goes inside the hole when touch. i have not seen the tentacles on mine.
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07-07-2006, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minneapolis MN
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I have the exact same thing in my tank. One week there was one, the next week i find them all over my rock, heater, intakes, powerheads, but not nearly as dense when compared to your picture. I thought they were a miniutre form of a feather duster because if you look at them real close they have "feathers" that protrude outward. Slightly brownish-red.
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07-07-2006, 02:38 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Mini featherdusters.
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07-07-2006, 02:49 PM
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Shark
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kansas City
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Tunicate/HH sponge. I have all sorts of colors in my tank, white, gorgeous yellow, green, red. Most you will find on the shady sides of rocks or even under them. They grow like mad in my sump. No need to worry. They are filter feeders. Generally, if they are growing, it means that you have a good system growing. They are a bit more hardy than the decorative sponges you find in the stores, but to note, they will not grow in systems which are still cycling.
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07-07-2006, 03:44 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
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you have 2 different critters in the pic. the gray blobs are sponges and the white tubes with read tufts are featherdusters.
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07-07-2006, 03:55 PM
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Its quite a concentration of fanworms. I dont hink ive ever seen quite so many in one small area. Very cool. 
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07-07-2006, 04:18 PM
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moddin aint easy
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twitter has it, everyone is iding 2 different things, the tubes and blobs, is the tank pretty new still?
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07-07-2006, 05:12 PM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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blobs: no clue, but awesome feather dusters. I just found a bunch under my mushroom rock, hope they spread out in the open. Mine are peach color. The color of yours is awesome.
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07-07-2006, 09:35 PM
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I loves me a water change
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I like the pic!!
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07-08-2006, 05:57 AM
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The Muddy Mod
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I'm not sure if I care for the blobs, but the feather dusters are Awesome!! FRAG??? 
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