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October 6th, 2007
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ID this
I have several things growing on the rock that came with my starburst polyps that I do not recognize. It is white and puffy...looks kind of like the end of a Q-tip, with a funnel shaped opening coming off of it. I've attached a picture...not the greatest quality as this camera kind of sucks for tank pics. The thing in question is more or less dead center, just under the mass of polyps (I know they look kind of bleached in this pic...believe me they aren't. Bad pic quality again.)
Anyone recognize?
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Im not a saltie, but it looks like Xenia in the picture. I might very well be wrong on this... but if it is Xenia, its a soft coral that is fluid filled. Its damaged easily and also spreads quickly.
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October 6th, 2007
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Not any xenia I am familiar with. This is xenia.
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Yea - thats what it looked like to me when I saw your first pic... 
Can you get a closer picture of it maybe? |
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October 6th, 2007
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Unfortunately, no. If I try to zoom any closer inside the tank the focus goes to blazes. |
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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 Is it this? |
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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 Or more like this? |
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October 6th, 2007
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No. That's another xenia. This looks nothing like xenia. Picture the end of a Qtip, triple it in size, and that is more or less what it looks like.
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October 6th, 2007
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Here are a couple of more shots with the polyps retracted.
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Sorry Sean... Im trying... 
My computer wont let me get a clear pic of your pic. |
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October 6th, 2007
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It's not your computer, it's my camera...I just can't get a clear pic of the darned thing.
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Ok, in the reflection on the left picture, we are talking about that white blob thing on the tip, right?
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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I think I found it... it can be one of either 2 things...
Sea Squirts/tunicates or a sponge.
Last edited by TheEssigs; October 6th, 2007 at 11:35 PM.
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October 6th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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 Is it this? |
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October 6th, 2007
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Moderator
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Looks kinda like star polyps - Briareum sp
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October 6th, 2007
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Not the polyps...the white thing under the polyps.
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October 6th, 2007
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Mike
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doh - sorry, maybe a tunicate of some kind.
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October 6th, 2007
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Mike
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Also, I just created a saltwater ID help board. I'm moving this topic there.
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