1entra
Fish Addict
I bought 2 small pieces of LR which are covered quite a lot of life. However other small unseen corals have started to emerge from the LR now that it has been in the tank a couple of weeks and had time to settle.
Unforntunately I havent got a brill camera so getting photos on which you can actually make them out just aint happening!
So I have described all to the best of my ability:
One of the pieces of LR has had many tiny "shoots" grow out of it (approx 30-40). They are really thin/small (approx 5mm long), brown in colour and more or less see through tubes. From out of the tubes emerge what seem to be either brown polyps of some sort or aiptasia, Cannot really tell hence posting this thread. I have tried to poke the "things" with my algae scraper and they immediately disapear back into their tubes within a split second and I can just make them out moving away down the tubes and into the LR? They stay hidden for several minutes and sometimes longer before re-appearing. So can anybody help I.D please???
On the underside of the other small piece of LR there are white/clear coloured what I am defo convinced as being aiptasia growing. There are approx 10-20 of them and they are all about 5mm or so big. If this is aiptasia how would I be able to tell for defo? I have also tried poking these with my algae scraper stick and they immediately retract into the LR as they do not have not tubes!
On the same second piece of LR on the top side there are loads of tiny yellow dots which open up into small star shaped polyps (I think). these again will retract immediately when touched but instead of disapearing into the LR, they instead turn back into a yellow ball/dot on the LR.
Can you please help me I.D these unknown hitchhikers or help suggest ways in finding out for defo.
All comments and advice will be appreciated.
PS. I genuinly do not believe any of the above as being feather dusters or tube worms as I have quite a lot of them in my tank and non of the above look anything like them, but I may be wrong...
Unforntunately I havent got a brill camera so getting photos on which you can actually make them out just aint happening!
So I have described all to the best of my ability:One of the pieces of LR has had many tiny "shoots" grow out of it (approx 30-40). They are really thin/small (approx 5mm long), brown in colour and more or less see through tubes. From out of the tubes emerge what seem to be either brown polyps of some sort or aiptasia, Cannot really tell hence posting this thread. I have tried to poke the "things" with my algae scraper and they immediately disapear back into their tubes within a split second and I can just make them out moving away down the tubes and into the LR? They stay hidden for several minutes and sometimes longer before re-appearing. So can anybody help I.D please???
On the underside of the other small piece of LR there are white/clear coloured what I am defo convinced as being aiptasia growing. There are approx 10-20 of them and they are all about 5mm or so big. If this is aiptasia how would I be able to tell for defo? I have also tried poking these with my algae scraper stick and they immediately retract into the LR as they do not have not tubes!
On the same second piece of LR on the top side there are loads of tiny yellow dots which open up into small star shaped polyps (I think). these again will retract immediately when touched but instead of disapearing into the LR, they instead turn back into a yellow ball/dot on the LR.
Can you please help me I.D these unknown hitchhikers or help suggest ways in finding out for defo.
All comments and advice will be appreciated.
PS. I genuinly do not believe any of the above as being feather dusters or tube worms as I have quite a lot of them in my tank and non of the above look anything like them, but I may be wrong...
