What's growing on my torch's skeleton?!

[EWilly]

What is that stuff? It's fuzzy looking when open (towards the night it seems), and then sucks back in during the day. Anything to worry about?

Thanks!

 

[IamTomm]

That doesn't look like a torch.

 

[AliciaP]

Looks like a candy cane to me. And I have no idea what the answer is to the little things.

 

[Tony2123]

what kind of light are you using?

 

[ReeferBill]

growths///////?????

growths///////?????

Looks like a cluster of small aptasia. See if you cover it with a slurry of kalk paste to remove and destroy.:uzi:

 

[BrownPoseidon]

thats a caulastrea homie. Probably a sponge or something. Weird stuff grows on the skeleton of all my branching stuff

[/IMG] this is a torch and if you notice where the flesh meets skeleton i have a grey sponge like thing encroaching. Trippy huh

 

[waltj11]

Both look like sponges to me.

 

[EWilly]

Wow, I meant to put trumpet (same thing right?) ... I feel really dumb right now. I was looking at torch pictures before I posted!

I was thinking it was a sponge, but I wasn't 100% sure. Definitely not aiptasia, that much I know.

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[EWilly]

To answer the what light am I using, 48" TekLite Elite T5 4 bulb. Giesemann bulbs, 2 Actinic+ (sunrise/set) , Pure Actinic and a Midday.

 

[jelli]

Doesn't look good

 

[marlinman86]

yea looks like it could use some love

 

[EWilly]

How about giving some pointers to me then if the coral isn't looking good. I bought the coral like this from the LFS. It sits towards the middle of the tank, in a moderate flow area.

Also, why do you say it doesn't look good? The heads that are white?

 

[Ohiomom]

Mine seems to prefer a lower flow area with nothing hitting it directly. Lighting is fine so I would try a bit lower flow and check your water parameters and make sure your calcuim is good and the other parameters are not elevated.

 

[donald altman]

either a sponge or small kenya tree

 

[Drew707]

either a sponge or small kenya tree

Looks like a Kenya tree to me aswell..mine just had a spawn in my tank and it looks just like that..hate that coral! Grows like weeds!