Id please

[erironmsn]

I biught this piece of live rock from lfs amd found this on it .

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[Connie]

I can't see it well enough to ID.

 

[erironmsn]

Its a purple thing kinda slimey ti the touch and hard

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[Reefing Madness]

I can't see it well enough to ID.

Agreed. Color and focus will help.

 

[erironmsn]

Will post better pic in a few min

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[setsmard]

chicken liver sponge.

 

[erironmsn]

It that bad . Should i remove it

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[Reefing Madness]

How old is that rock? Looks like die off to me.

 

[erironmsn]

I just got it 3 days ago

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[Reefing Madness]

Wait 6 weeks for it to cycle through. Then see if its still there. Shouldn't be.

 

[erironmsn]

So the sponge will dye

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[Reefing Madness]

If the Rock is that new, and you don't like the looks of it, take the rock back out and scrub it off in some tank water. No harm no foul. The Sponge wont' hurt anything either.

 

[fragmatic]

"May" be a folded up mushroom. Does it change shape? It is hard to tell.. If it is a sroom (mushroom) you got a freebie.

Also a sroom would be slimy and could be purpleish. If it is in fairly good light it should flatten out at some point, if it is a sroom.

EDIT: wait.. I just caught the 3 days bit.. I doubt it is a sroom.

Sponges are filter feeders.... you like filter feeders. You want to collect all the filter feeders you can muster. If you have a refugium it can live there.. I'd leave it in the tank if you don't have a refugium.