what in the world is this????

[Blitz99]

my lights didnt come on today and my tank is acting funny. RBTA of course up and moved his spot so i was checking out the damage he was doing to some zoos (none as of yet) when i saw this clearish thing in the middle of another set of zoos. I poked it to see what it would do and it closed up much like a zoo would, but it obviously is bothering the zoos with the way they are closed and almost avoiding it.

 

[Blitz99]

hopefully someone can help, i'm wanting to know if i need to get rid of the rock it's on or no. Last thing i want is some foot long worm in my house.

 

[iwishtofish]

Wow, does it do anything, or just kinda hang out? Is it closed or open in the picture? I wonder of it's a type of sponge...

 

[Bluemon]

Looks like a tunicate to me

 

[phaedrus1]

Pineapple sponge. Harmless, though if you have one you'll see more.....

 

[salty joe]

Does not look like a pineapple sponge, a worm, or a tunacate to me. Does it ever open up?

 

[Blitz99]

i think that IS open... when i prodded it it "closed" like a zoo would. Kinda retracted and closed up that opening on the top.

 

[Blitz99]

MAYBE??? a painted tunicate???

it appears to have 2 red lines running horizontally.

 

[noahm]

If that is the pic of it open, I would have guessed tunicate as well. The opening should just sort of squinch closed when you bother it. Does it have a second opening (valve)? That is a telltale sign of a tuni.

 

[Blitz99]

ever look up pineapple sponge on google... pages upon pages of sponge bob

and, if it's a tunicate, why would it seemingly be irritating the zoos?

 

[100%hydrophylic]

thats not a pineapple sponge... a pineapple sponge will have a small little fuzzy crown. not really an opening. that in the pic has an opening.

ive had some before on a larger colony of zoas.there were two of them really close together. i just assumed it was a tunicate. mine closed if you touched it or blew water at it.

 

[philosophile]

Well... if it is bothering the zoas.... can you pluck it out with some tweezers?

 

[noahm]

ever look up pineapple sponge on google... pages upon pages of sponge bob

and, if it's a tunicate, why would it seemingly be irritating the zoos?

funny about spongebob. I think it is just a coincidence that the zoas are irritated. It really shouldn't bother them. It obviously didn't pop up over night, so if the zoas weren't irritated a few days ago, it is probably something else. My zoas randomly do that for days at a time.

 

[salty joe]

So does it have two distinct openings?

 

[Lynnmw1208]

This is a pineapple sponge, I have TONS

 

[srusso]

I wouldn't say it's a pineapple sponge... It doesn't look fussy or have the feathered top... In that picture it looks clear... I have 100s of pineapple sponges in my sump. That is not what it is...

Can you get a better pic?

 

[HanoverFist]

Look up peanut worms once. Never seen a closeup of ones face to know if it looks like that, but body-wise and such it could be one. They're quite common and harmless too - except as irritants to nearby corals.

 

[beastrx]

The pineapple sponge is known as a scypha sponge... search that and you won't get pictures of spongebob...

 

[Blitz99]

arent peanut worms mobile?

i will try and get a better picture, camera is at work though.

 

[salty joe]

No new pics, no big deal. How about taking a close look at that thing for two distinct openings to determine if it is or is not a tunicate.