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mtaswt
10/28/2010, 01:35 PM
what is this fuzzy looking mold type growth on my live rock? Don't have any pics, but do ya'll have any ideas?

fatdaddy
10/28/2010, 01:38 PM
coral? Hard to say without a pic.

mtaswt
10/28/2010, 01:41 PM
it's not a coral? almost cotton candy like, but brown. It's short.....maybe 3/8 of an inch? I will try and get some photos tonight

fatdaddy
10/28/2010, 01:50 PM
it's not a coral? almost cotton candy like, but brown. It's short.....maybe 3/8 of an inch? I will try and get some photos tonight

sponge for $200. :)

seapug
10/28/2010, 01:51 PM
could be a sponge but it sounds more like the red-brown turf algae or cyanobacteria.

James404
10/28/2010, 01:55 PM
+1 sounds like cyano

hessfish
10/28/2010, 03:33 PM
i think i have the same issue.
is it brown and slightly hairy? popping up all over tank?
if so yeah id like to know what it is as well. bad or good?

kduen
10/28/2010, 04:29 PM
Does it look like a small pineapple? Or half of a small golf ball? If so they are sponges.