What's growing on my hammer coral?

Weboh · 09/25/2018, 11:31 AM

It looks like there's two different things growing on my coral: the red, coral-shaped thing and the sponge-like thing. The sponge-like thing is growing on my zoas too. Any clue what they are? Should I try to get rid of them?

Betaktical · 09/25/2018, 05:15 PM

Probably a sponge. Picture is pretty blurry

Weboh · 09/25/2018, 05:24 PM

Will the sponge choke out the coral? How would I kill it? Just take the coral out of the water for a second? I know some types of sponge die instantly when exposed to air.

Can you tell what the red thing is? I don't think it's cyano because of the way it grows.

homer1475 · 09/26/2018, 04:13 AM

Little clearer picture would help. It's tough to ID without an infocus pic.

The sponge will be fine, just leave it be. It will not choke out the coral.

09/26/2018, 04:13 AM	#4
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Little clearer picture would help. It's tough to ID without an infocus pic. The sponge will be fine, just leave it be. It will not choke out the coral. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

09/25/2018, 05:15 PM	#2
Betaktical Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 363	Probably a sponge. Picture is pretty blurry

09/25/2018, 05:24 PM	#3
Weboh Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 217	Will the sponge choke out the coral? How would I kill it? Just take the coral out of the water for a second? I know some types of sponge die instantly when exposed to air. Can you tell what the red thing is? I don't think it's cyano because of the way it grows.