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02-06-2006, 11:51 AM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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white things
I have some of these white things in my tank. They must have come from the LS we bought from another owners tank. It is about 1 1/2" long and looks like there is a body inside some fluff . I have a bunch more smaller ones, but this is the largest one. I pulled one out awhile back and it felt like a softened macaroni noodle inside a cotton ball. Some are in the sand and some are stuck on the sides of the tank. It also looks like I have a bunch of little tiny feather dusters in the sand and on the back wall of the tank.
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150 Gal tank,sump, DIY Skimmer, LR,LS
Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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02-06-2006, 12:31 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Danbury, CT
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looks like it is some kind of nudibranch/ sea slug. Kinda a snail without a shell
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02-06-2006, 12:35 PM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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they don't move
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Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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02-06-2006, 12:42 PM
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Shark
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oh really.... hmmmmm..... have no idea then..... did you drop some macaroni in at one time??
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02-06-2006, 12:47 PM
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Admin/ Super mod
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
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if they look a bit like cotton candy and spongy then they are filter feeders, not a bad thing to have i do then on various parts of my tank including the sump. i forget the specfic name..i will try and look it up later tonight if you like
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02-06-2006, 12:50 PM
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squid
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: michigan
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it looks like Q-tip sponges. Harmless filter feeders. Also, any feather dusters are harmless as well. As far as I am aware of anyhow.
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02-06-2006, 12:53 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Yea ,looks like a sponge.
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02-07-2006, 08:51 AM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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I hope xtopher finds this one. He wanted to see what it looks like since he has the same things.
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150 Gal tank,sump, DIY Skimmer, LR,LS
Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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02-07-2006, 09:45 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
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tunicate
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02-09-2006, 07:34 PM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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Hello again
I got my scraper tool out today and tried to see if the thing would move if I touched it. Well just the water moving around it caused a lot of the outer cottony like coating to go flying off in the water. I left it alone after some of the stuff went floating off. I don't know it it was dying or reproducing or what. It is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in length. Should I try and see if all the coating will come off or just leave it alone. I'll probably see if I get a bunch more hatchlings on everything from them now first.
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Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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02-09-2006, 07:40 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
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Geoff is right - they are tunicates. Harmless filter feeders. No worries 
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