first signs of life

[fishboy091]

these are the first signs of life in my tank. :jumping:
the first on is a small feather duster, there's a small one on the other side of the rock
the next, i believe, is the start of a star polyp colony.

 

[reefiness]

way to go... it will get much more intresting as you advance in this hobby.

 

[fishboy091]

is that going to be a star polyp colony?

 

[fishboy091]

can you get seafans from your lr? i have one rock that has lots of tiny seafan looking things that are about 1"

 

[reefiness]

im not sure about what type of polyp its going to be because its not all that clear. but you can get really anything from your LR. infact just today i was looking into my tank which is 1 yr after getting my LR and i have discovered a few really tiny yellow polyps.
so you can get sea fans but i would say they are feather dusters.

 

[fishboy091]

my camera battery is dead but when i charge it ill take pics of it. they dont look like feather dusters.

 

[wax32]

Search the boards for AIPTASIA, that is what a lot of polyp/feather duster hitchhiker questions turn out to be. Not saying that's what yours are, the pictures are too tiny to see, lets hope they aren't.

 

[hagfish]

Well in all fairness there are quite a few different feather dusters to be found on LR. And by the relatively bad pic, I'd say the first one is a feather duster of some sort.
I have about 100+ lbs of live rock between two tanks and as far as I know not a single aiptasia. But I have feather dusters all over the place.