live rock things

[igibson]

They are also known as sea fans and some of them are photosynthetic while others require feedings. Here is a link with more info

Gorgonians

I'll have to find the picture of mine and post it for you

 

[kwandrsn]

It almost looks like a small gorgonian

I googled it and the pics don't look like it

 

[igibson]

There are hundreds different types here is a picture of mine

 

[kwandrsn]

There are hundreds different types here is a picture of mine

And if you touch the little hands they suck back in?

 

[igibson]

Yep even if a fish brushes against it it sucks the polyps in and the "stalk" looks like a greyish purple
I feed mine cyclopeeze and when some flows by the polyps they close like a hand and grab the food and then open back up to grab more.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah the stalk is kinda lumpy and grey and the.hands are kinda brown or purple and are kinda star shaped almost

 

[kwandrsn]

And what exactly is a gorgonian and do I have to feed it?

 

[igibson]

They are a soft coral and some are photosynthetic while others are not and require feedings. By looking at your pictures it looks pretty close to mine and I believe mine is photosynthetic so I have it fairly close to the top of my tank. I do however feed mine every other day with cyclopeeze and it seems to be doing well.
Because yours is small, it is hard to be sure what kind it is so feeding it will not hurt.

 

[kwandrsn]

He sometimes is open sometimes its closed. it was staying out at night but I've got a worm or something that comes out at night and touches it. I've got several sets of long white tentacles that poke, out at night and feel around and its usually 3 or 4 tentacles in a cluster. Never see anything else of it. But they feel around and it makes it retract

You have a closeup of an end of yours? Do you know what kind yours is?

 

[igibson]

I believe it is from the group Eunicea succinea.

GARF'S ALL ABOUT CORALS - GORGONIANS has a lot of info on the different types of gorgonians. This site says the Eunicea succina do not need to be fed but grow better when food is provided.

 

[mr_X]

Gorgonians are not a soft coral. They build a stony skeleton.

 

[kwandrsn]

Gorgonians are not a soft coral. They build a stony skeleton.

Do you think that is what this is?

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok I looked at another part where someone was asking how to take care if them. Identical except my stalk part is kinda white cream colored and the " things" are kinda purple brown. But looks identical except for color and mine is short but the" hand things " looked identical

 

[mr_X]

Gorgonians are not a soft coral. They build a stony skeleton.

I don't think this is a gorgonian.
That said, I would like to re-word my statement to add that branching gorgonians are the ones that build a calcium based skeleton, but encrusting gorgonians, like the common "green star polyp" do not.

 

[kwandrsn]

I don't think this is a gorgonian.
That said, I would like to re-word my statement to add that branching gorgonians are the ones that build a calcium based skeleton, but encrusting gorgonians, like the common "green star polyp" do not.

So my nitrite is down from 5 to about 1. is it common for the levels to change so quickly?

 

[Beengirl]

So my nitrite is down from 5 to about 1. is it common for the levels to change so quickly?

Yes. It takes a while or the nitrite to drop, but when it does, it can happen quickly.

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok my little piece of live rock is spitting white stuff into the water wtf?

 

[mr_X]

A piece of live rock is spitting? I'm guessing this is something boring into the rock. You see the dust/debris coming out of it.

 

[Zactheninja]

Could be a snail on the rock?

 

[kwandrsn]

I'm finding ash looking mounds so I'm assuming something is boring into it. No snails. There are long skinny translucent worms coming out of ash mounds. Also have groups of white worm like tentacles coming out all over the rock. They have even spread to the dead rock and when I shine light they hide they are in groups of 2 - 5 and my brittle star has got some long legs they are like 3 inches sticking out and I can't see his body