crazy sponge id?

[4218kris]

almost looks like hydroids of some sort except it has openings that look like sponge openings it feels like sponge also.


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[cabinboy]

Looks kinda like the shape of a turnicate or barnical

 

[4218kris]

yea, each bubble has 2 opening i notice and do look like tunicates. ill google that thanks

 

[SparseReef]

x2 for tunicates. Can you see the tunic (it looks like a mesh basket) in each bubble? It's part of their filtering apparatus.

 

[SparseReef]

Almost forgot, I think I can see it in the third photo.

 

[4218kris]

you know what awesome, i wanted blue sponge for awhile, then i was moving rock around BAM!!! blue sponge hidden in rock work. iv always wanted tunicates when i see them in the store i know they have the big hard shell looking ones but hey ill settle for these. iv always wanted a million dollars also so ill get to looking in my tank some more.....lol

 

[mndfreeze]

If you find that million dollars I want a frag

 

[Frick]

Tunicates fo sho. Very interesting colony, I have never seen them grow like octopus eggs. That was my first thought. Very cool.

On the blue sponge, i found the best way to get that to thrive is when you get a piece break it up into crumbs and smear it in the shaded parts of your rock. Not all will stick and survive, but most pieces grow into little colonies.

 

[4218kris]

Tunicates fo sho. Very interesting colony, I have never seen them grow like octopus eggs. That was my first thought. Very cool.

On the blue sponge, i found the best way to get that to thrive is when you get a piece break it up into crumbs and smear it in the shaded parts of your rock. Not all will stick and survive, but most pieces grow into little colonies.

so i could just scrap some off with a razor of where it is now and relocate pieces ill try to put some into holes elsewhere. i have tons of other sponge pink, black, white, yellow, tan, orange but just one 4-5 inch strip of blue though.

 

[KarlBob]

Those are some fascinating critters. What a lucky find!

 

[4218kris]

Those are some fascinating critters. What a lucky find!

i know right, they are pretty cool. anyone ever see some like this before?