Help ID. Pest?
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Topic: Help ID. Pest?
Posted By: Hottsauce23
Subject: Help ID. Pest?
Date Posted: January 23 2020 at 9:53pm
I have these couple things growing on a live rock and want to make sure what they are.  Orange looking sponge?  Spider web looking thing?
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Posted By: Mrfixer3166
Date Posted: January 23 2020 at 11:41pm
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im no pro but the white spider web looking thing looks like a sponge. Filter feeder. Harmless! The orange one i cant see it to well, so not to sure ------------- 120 Gallon 48 inch tank with 36 gallon Refugium. Sps,Lps |
Posted By: shaggydoo
Date Posted: January 24 2020 at 8:06am
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I second mrfixer. Not sure on first pic but second looks like a sponge. Sponges grow pretty slowly so if all the orange in the first pic grew rapidly I would say not a sponge but some kind of algae or diatom bloom, but it is a bit hard to see in the picture. ------------- 60g LPS Cube |
Posted By: WhiteReef
Date Posted: January 24 2020 at 8:44am
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I agree that the white spider web looking stuff is a sponge. The red stuff looks like cyano, but it also could be coralline algae. The brown looks like the brown algae associated with a tank that is cycling.
------------- ---------------- Richard Former 47G Column Reef, Magna 20" x 18" x 31"H |
Posted By: WildBill
Date Posted: January 24 2020 at 9:42pm
| water parameters would help. |