No idea

[Bluemonk]

Spotted this today as i fed the tank and was just doing my daily "whats new today" look over. And noticed one of my rock flowers had moved.figured maybe he wasnt like the amount of light he was getting but i was concerned because it was overlapping my other nem. Then i koticed this where the moved nem usually sits. Never seen till today. Havent added anything. All the corals are loving life. Not due for weekly water change till Saturday. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[56longroof]

It might be a type of sponge but its hard to tell with the lighting.

 

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2nd vote for sponge but if you could get a picture with a flashlight when the main lights are off it would be easier to see the details and confirm.

 

[Bluemonk]

2nd vote for sponge but if you could get a picture with a flashlight when the main lights are off it would be easier to see the details and confirm.

Will try and get a better pic tomorrow. Its kinda tucked in there.

 

[Bluemonk]

Better pics.

 

[Teddy99]

looks like a sponge I had once.

 

[EnterName]

Sponges (e.g. Sycon sp. can look similar, but usually grows isolated not in colonies and shorter, so the genus might not match). They can differ a bit in shape (e.g. Sycon scaldiense is thinner than the one in my thread). If you have access to a microscope we may actually be able to identify it.

The only other option would be tunicates, but those don't have these little "crowns" (hairs sticking out of the tube opening) afaik.

 

[Bluemonk]

Well i like the idea of it being a sponge, as more filter feeders pop up i know im doing okay in the stability department. But would a sponge grow underneath a flower rock nem and irratate it enough to make it move?

 

[EnterName]

Well i like the idea of it being a sponge, as more filter feeders pop up i know im doing okay in the stability department. But would a sponge grow underneath a flower rock nem and irratate it enough to make it move?

I mean, if a toxin producing creature with needle-like bones would be growing under my butt I would most certainly move sooner or later

I think it's possible the sponge is to blame but sometimes anemones just move because they aren't too happy where they are located at the moment.

 

[Bluemonk]

Well i like the idea of it being a sponge, as more filter feeders pop up i know im doing okay in the stability department. But would a sponge grow underneath a flower rock nem and irratate it enough to make it move?

I mean, if a toxin producing creature with needle-like bones would be growing under my butt I would most certainly move sooner or later

I think it's possible the sponge is to blame but sometimes anemones just move because they aren't too happy where they are located at the moment.

I'd move too.

I am actually surprised it hasnt move sooner. Thought it wasnt getting enough light where it was