Odd white blob with a circular crown. Pls help ID. - Aquarium Advice

Eardison · 03-17-2006, 01:01 PM

I found this growing in my tank about two months after adding a small pc of live rock. I've found them in my filter housing and in small colonies here and there, usually in the shade of or behind rocks. They start out looking like maggots, but they don't move. I have a feeling this isn't going to be good.

In the pic, you will see a loner in the top left of the photo. It looks fuzzy, but it's not. There is also a colony right in line, but behind the first left antennae of my Coral B Shrimp.. Ill see if I can get a better shot.

Thanks for any help!

hackteck · 03-17-2006, 01:04 PM

gonna need a better shot cant really make it out

**Fluff** · 03-17-2006, 01:11 PM

Do a google search of q-tip sponges. I think this is your critter.

Eardison · 03-17-2006, 01:24 PM

QTip huh? DO they multiply like crazy? These do.. Here are some other pics.. They also have a round crown. Ill look though.

OH!! OK Fluff, you got it!!! They look just like this

http://www.reef-aquarium.net/resourc...s/sponges.html

Thanks a bunch. Setting up a new tank and moving my LR. Didnt want to introduce some crazy and vile devilspawn creature... It says these are harmless. I guess you would agree??

**Fluff** · 03-17-2006, 01:41 PM

Yes I would agree. Some may argue it but I feel they are actually helpful. They are continually filtering your water. How can that be anything but helpful?

They love dark places and can easily be scrapped off. They may become a nuisance in your filtering equipment. Clogging intakes and such though. Good luck.

GinaD · 03-17-2006, 01:43 PM

It'll be easier if you zoom/crop, then open the picture in Microsoft Paint. Then you can draw an arrow to what you're asking about, or a circle around it.

Eardison · 03-17-2006, 01:52 PM

Thanks for the advice/ID Fluff! You too Gina D!

I have a real crappy camera and it has no zoom (wahhh)... Anyway, I know what they are now.. I think I will rid my rocks of as many as possible.. I don't really think I want them hanging around because they've already got my filter all clogged.

spence0416 · 03-17-2006, 02:01 PM

I've often seen these guys referred to as a Pinapple sponge as well. They spread all over my tank for the first six months or so and then began to die back.

03-17-2006, 01:11 PM	#3
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,112 Images: 29	Do a google search of q-tip sponges. I think this is your critter. __________________ ~Cindy

03-17-2006, 01:41 PM	#5
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,112 Images: 29	Yes I would agree. Some may argue it but I feel they are actually helpful. They are continually filtering your water. How can that be anything but helpful? They love dark places and can easily be scrapped off. They may become a nuisance in your filtering equipment. Clogging intakes and such though. Good luck. __________________ ~Cindy

03-17-2006, 01:52 PM	#7
Eardison Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 22	Thanks for the advice/ID Fluff! You too Gina D! I have a real crappy camera and it has no zoom (wahhh)... Anyway, I know what they are now.. I think I will rid my rocks of as many as possible.. I don't really think I want them hanging around because they've already got my filter all clogged. __________________ 'I aint got no time for no dang signature'

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hackteck Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: atlanta,ga Posts: 675	gonna need a better shot cant really make it out

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GinaD Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 130 Images: 4	It'll be easier if you zoom/crop, then open the picture in Microsoft Paint. Then you can draw an arrow to what you're asking about, or a circle around it.

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spence0416 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 192 Images: 8	I've often seen these guys referred to as a Pinapple sponge as well. They spread all over my tank for the first six months or so and then began to die back.