Shroom sponge?

vetteguy53081 · Oct 3, 2020

P-Dub said:
I could only wish. No bounces in my system...

I didnt have bounce either but had those heads that looked like bounce. Again, I never did confirm what they were when i had them. . . Just thought they looked cool

P-Dub · Oct 3, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
I didnt have bounce either but had those heads that looked like bounce. Again, I never did confirm what they were when i had them. . . Just thought they looked cool

Definitely look cool.

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

Fishy65 said:
It only takes one dormant spore.... it could have been introduced a while ago and you would not have known. On a frag, in some fish water, it happens...

the same is and with the sponge

MERKEY · Oct 3, 2020

Its a morph of a sponge algae!!

fishguy242 · Oct 3, 2020

@KJ @samnaz ?? any ideas

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

MERKEY said:
Its a morph of a sponge algae!!

the best bet

P-Dub · Oct 3, 2020

Fishy65 said:
It only takes one dormant spore.... it could have been introduced a while ago and you would not have known. On a frag, in some fish water, it happens...

Certainly can happen, but not green, different structure, and they are just staying the same only multiplying single stalk grey mushroom looking things. As well, none of those types of calurepa in our waters here. Thinking of frying them up in with some pasta and a nice chianti.

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

P-Dub said:
Certainly can happen, but not green, different structure, and they are just staying the same only multiplying single stalk grey mushroom looking things. As well, none of those types of calurepa in our waters here. Thinking of frying them up in with some pasta and a nice chianti.

taste them somehow, bu wait until you get the answer 100% positive, and not to nuke your system with something nasty
How is the pipe organ is it retracting or isn't disturbed ?

P-Dub · Oct 3, 2020

SHNICI said:
taste them somehow, bu wait until you get the answer 100% positive, and not to nuke your system with something nasty
How is the pipe organ is it retracting or isn't disturbed ?

For some reason, the pipe organ has been doing nothing. I fragged the heck out of it as it was getting huge. Since then the two frags I kept have been doing nothing. Not growing and not receding.

The shoom sponges are just growing where the frag margins were. The coral seems unaffected by their presence.

P-Dub · Oct 3, 2020

So, as a fellow Squader and stumped myself... @ReefSquad

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

P-Dub said:
For some reason, the pipe organ has been doing nothing. I fragged the heck out of it as it was getting huge. Since then the two frags I kept have been doing nothing. Not growing and not receding. The shoom sponges are just growing where the frag margins were. The coral seems unaffected by their presence.

just one important think I learn about the Pipe organs, they are very forgiving, but if you stress them a bit more..., they can retract and never open again

1st year of my reefing I saw them, looking everywhere and only one was selling them on eBay I bought one for near $50 with 7-8 heads. unfortunately 2 hermits fight near it and brake it and after it never recover, the second one I bought loose it again because of hermit, it just was walking over it constantly.... Never more hermits for me

now can't find again on proper price (before just was spending with no matter what, just to have it, not can't

Really wish you good luck with the pipe organ, they are so beautiful, I love them

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

P-Dub said:
So, as a fellow Squader and stumped myself... @ReefSquad

just don't give up, you will figure it out mate

Mr_Knightley · Oct 3, 2020

I had that exact same thing pop up in my 210 a year ago, it looked precisely like that for about a month. Then it started booming out new growth and turned out to be Caulerpa racemosa in dormancy! I agree it is totally Caulerpa of some sort, no way in hecc it is a sponge.

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

Mr_Knightley said:
I had that exact same thing pop up in my 210 a year ago, it looked precisely like that for about a month. Then it started booming out new growth and turned out to be Caulerpa racemosa in dormancy! I agree it is totally Caulerpa of some sort, no way in hecc it is a sponge.

Can be, just without touching it and see on person can't see it at the moment as a algae

fishguy242 · Oct 3, 2020

ok ,,we need a taste test

edit: just ran out of images on google

SHNICI · Oct 3, 2020

fishguy242 said:
ok ,,we need a taste test
edit: just ran out of images on google

Some times I'm in the same position, even you are attaching the photo to google and google can use it as a reference, wasn't able to find something to match the photo and the OP description.