Crazy thing on clam
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Topic: Crazy thing on clam
Posted By: akv123
Subject: Crazy thing on clam
Date Posted: September 23 2014 at 2:20am
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I should start off by saying that the clam is fine, and appears unaffected by it. It started as this....
 and now....  Close up, sorry blurry.  Kinda acts like a sponge or something. It has a bunch of breathing tubes? like a sponge.... Or its just a case of good old bivalve gonorrhea.... It is a pretty sexy clam... |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 23 2014 at 10:58am
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Did you miss my answer to your previous post about this Nudibranch? http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72521&KW=spanish+dancer&PID=571949&title=whats-this-on-my-clam#571949" rel="nofollow - http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72521&KW=spanish+dancer&PID=571949&title=whats-this-on-my-clam#571949 So that I don't miss information and requests for help, I always work this forum via the "New Posts" tab at the top right corner. A drop down list allows us to see everything new since our last visit, a few months ago or just a few minutes ago. Aloha, Mark  The reason this Nudibranch is called the Spanish Dancer >  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: September 23 2014 at 11:16am
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LMAO...that's no nudibranch Mark. Looks like some sort of tunicate. Really odd. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: September 23 2014 at 11:19am
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I would scrape a piece off and see if it dissolves in vinegar. There's another test to ID tunicates by dissolving it in something else... I'm away from my computer with notes, and I can't remember. Regardless, it's beautiful. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 23 2014 at 9:23pm
I thought it was crawling slowly around the tank.  Nonetheless, I agree that it's beautiful. Tunicates are like Sponge and they can grow quite fast in new tank conditions. They should not be discarded. They are extremely good for the tank, part of the biofiltration. I have several red Tunicates curently living in my system. Aloha ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: akv123
Date Posted: September 24 2014 at 3:08am
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I really appreciate you two. Tons of knowledge and always here to help. Its nice to have someone to ask these questions to. Ill just keep an eye on it and send updates if something happens. It is pretty an I kind of have a "hippie" mentality with this tank so as long as it isn't excessively destructive, it stays.
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Posted By: akv123
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 12:10am
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Botrylloides!!! found em on the coralpedia.
http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=1748  |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 3:49am
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Nice job! I knew it was a tunicate, but that was as far as I could go. I'm not really a tunicate species person...LOL ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 8:56am
Coolest looking Tunicate ever.  Is it growing and multiplying so that there might be some eventually available to us aficionados? Aloha ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: akv123
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 5:18am
| Yes Sir Mr Peterson. You and Nikki are the top of the list. |
Posted By: akv123
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 5:18am
| I would love to know how to propagate such a thing btw... |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 8:46am
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I frag Sponge all the time by tearing/cutting it into pieces, but Tunicates are a little different. If there are more than one and if you dare, just cut one in half with a sharp scissors and see it both halves survive. Aloha, Mark ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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