Another Hitch Hiker ID plea

Duglis · 08/07/2015, 06:44 PM

Once again I have found something in my tank that wasn't there yesterday and I don't know what it is. Trying to google these things is difficult, "pinkish brownish polyp thing" doesn't yield much. It is a dull, brown-pink color but that may be because it is on the underside of an arch. Anyway, here are a few terrible pictures. I'm sorry for the quality, but, well, glass and water and light and angles etc etc..

Also I am just starting to get some Gelidium (fibers are just a few mm long) if anyone has tips on that lovely mess (same rock, too).

10g tank w/live rock and sand, Tetra pf10 backfilter, two marineland maxijet-400 pumps (used as powerheads on opposite ends of the tank) rated at 110gph each, and a fluval eco bright LED (24LEDs, 600 lumens, 7W).

shifty51008 · 08/07/2015, 06:57 PM

hard to tell but almost looks like a sponge, as for the gelidium emerald crabs, turbo snails, sea hares and urchins are supposed to work.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

swhobbie1 · 08/07/2015, 07:06 PM

if you talking about that orange brown thing in the center of the 2nd pic then i'd say sponge too.

Duglis · 08/07/2015, 07:23 PM

Nice. Is it good or bad? Keep it or go after it with a pick and some tweezers? My tank is real fresh, so CUC is not yet an option. I just went after the gelidium with tweezers and a baster. I'll monitor to see how bad I spread it around, but it looks like I got it.

*Wow, dumb question, disregard post.

shifty51008 · 08/07/2015, 08:18 PM

Sponge is good, filter feeder

08/07/2015, 06:57 PM	#2
shifty51008 12-5 Chiefs record Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 10,134	hard to tell but almost looks like a sponge, as for the gelidium emerald crabs, turbo snails, sea hares and urchins are supposed to work. http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, Clownfish breeder

08/07/2015, 07:23 PM	#4
Duglis Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 13	Nice. Is it good or bad? Keep it or go after it with a pick and some tweezers? My tank is real fresh, so CUC is not yet an option. I just went after the gelidium with tweezers and a baster. I'll monitor to see how bad I spread it around, but it looks like I got it. Wow, dumb question, disregard post. Last edited by Duglis; 08/07/2015 at 08:02 PM. Reason: spelling, I'm a moron.*

08/07/2015, 08:18 PM	#5
shifty51008 12-5 Chiefs record Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 10,134	Sponge is good, filter feeder __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, Clownfish breeder

08/07/2015, 07:06 PM	#3
swhobbie1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 402	if you talking about that orange brown thing in the center of the 2nd pic then i'd say sponge too.