Ok, I got nothing.... what is this??

[Volkman]

Ok guys, this thing has been growing like mad... I have looked everywhere for what it might be, and I got nuttin! It started out one small little "leaf" and has just doubled and doubled and doubled!! Also, what is the little bubble-tip next to it? Good? Bad???

What do you think it is? Sorry for the bad photo's, camera-phone's stink!!

Thanks everyone!

 

[DevilBoy]

the bubble tip you are referring too looks like a zoa polyp. the other might be some type of monti cap its hard to tell

 

[smoothdog]

Not sure what the purplish red thing is but the bubble tip thing is a mojano anemone. Kill it if you can. I have one that keeps splitting and for every three I kill 1 stays behind and splits over and over. Not really a plague but a pest that won't go away.

 

[Volkman]

Thanks guys, how do I kill the Mojano? Kalk paste?

 

[timthetoolman]

The red thing looks like a kind of organism I see on live rock that comes into the stores. I think it's a sign of a healty system like coraline algae. Usaually the stalks are smaller. If you move your camera out about 5" and take a new photo it should be clearer.
The other one, I've never seen a majano in my reefing experience and I've never seen that one so ...

 

[tbittner]

Kalk paste, Joe's Juice, or even try sucking up boiling water into a turkey baster and squirting it with the hot water. Majano usually requires something stronger than boiling water though. It works great on aiptasia though.

I'm not sure on the purple though. Is it hard or is it slimey?

 

[flinster]

some kind of macro?

 

[ManotheSea]

Bubble tip = mojano - solution = kalk paste injection.

Red growth could be sponge. It doesnt seem to be setting off any RC danger alerts. I would let that grow.

 

[pledosophy]

The red thing looks like red ulva to me. Hard to tell from the pic. The description of leafy has me leaning towards that. If you feel it and it is soft and wavy like a piece of grass then I suspect that it is red ulva.

 

[ghostman]

The reddish blob looks like a macro algae that is OK to have. The name escapes me right now, but the texture is very rubbery, kind of like a gummy bear. If you have tangs, they will probably mow it down at some point. I'm gonna remember that name as soon as I hit "Submit Reply". HTH

 

[ghostman]

Scinaia moniliformis. Took a few minutes.