What the hell is this???

[JohnnySquids]

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they have been growing for the past month or so..that is the only spot in the tank that they are that bountiful... some other spots there are a few here and there but it seems like they are collecting over there specifically... they do catch food if it comes near them aswell.... i googled all about it but i cannot find a match.... i have a thread about my tank here if you would like to know more about my specifics.... im just looking to identifie these becuase they look harmful.....the link to my tank if you want to look is here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17834543#post17834543

 

[REEFERJACK]

the links are giving an error message.

 

[110galreef]

ditto

 

[JohnnySquids]

grrrr 1sec

 

[JohnnySquids]

 

[JohnnySquids]

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[JohnnySquids]

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[bobpiker]

Looks like frogspawn or hammer.

 

[JohnnySquids]

nono, im not talking about the coral, i know thats a hammer coral...im trying to find out waht the red stuff at the base of the hammer is????

 

[Blown76mav]

not sure but it could be the start of GSP's starts with a kind of purplish/grayish base, then the little sprouts then GSP's.

Kind of hard to tell from the picture, so that is just a guess at best.

 

[JohnnySquids]

heh. im not sure if were all looking at the same thing... i want to identifie the red stringy looking things at the base of my hammer coral

 

[Blown76mav]

After looking at your tank photo's I'm sure those are GSP, they tend to multiply in tanks.

 

[JohnnySquids]

 

[Blown76mav]

heh. im not sure if were all looking at the same thing... i want to identifie the red stringy looking things at the base of my hammer coral

Yep thats how they look when first starting out.

 

[JohnnySquids]

Yep thats how they look when first starting out.

what specifically????

 

[djkms]

Interesting. Almost looks like what has been growing on my chaeto the last 3 months. Wondering if its the same thing? I was never able to get a ID on the picture below.

 

[JohnnySquids]

Blown76mav , just checked out your thread about ur tank build....wow im amazed

 

[Blown76mav]

what specifically????

All that in the circle, they are usually a redish color when starting out because there isn't enough of the polyps to block the light. As they grow out the color fades to what you see in your other thread (the grayish/purplish color stuff)

Since you stated they catch food that tells me its not cyano. You have GSP's in the tank, they tend to send out spores (if you will) and spread all over the tank.

When I get home I'll take some pics of some small starts in my tank. I usually just get rid of the ones I don't want because they will overtake a tank quickly.

 

[Blown76mav]

Blown76mav , just checked out your thread about ur tank build....wow im amazed

Thanks its a work in progress

 

[Blown76mav]

Interesting. Almost looks like what has been growing on my chaeto the last 3 months. Wondering if its the same thing? I was never able to get a ID on the picture below.

That looks more like aptasia or small feather dusters. Not a bad thing in the sump both are filter feeders. Never seen GSP grow in individual stalks like that.