green favites question

[bjsbargain]

So I have included to pics to help with this question.
Are the 2 yellow pieces on the first picture or the 2 holes in the second picture, do you know which is the mouth or where they take food in. I never see tenticles on either side but the yellow pieces do seem to have very small furry things on it. Thank you for any input about the feeding ways.

 

[baloo6969]

the yellow looks like a sponge.

 

[clibby]

Sponges!

 

[mushroomss]

yup sponges have some in my tank

 

[bjsbargain]

Is that good or bad? I ordered green favites off this site and they arrived looking just like this.

 

[baloo6969]

yep, just a hitch hiker...if they become a problem for you pull them out...but blooming sponges is a (normally) a good sign.

 

[bjsbargain]

So if the yellow are sponges then are the front holes for feeding or does ezch individual circle have each own?

 

[twogirls]

I may be really wrong, but here's my say.
The favite that I have has clear tentacle looking things that come out, generally at night, all over. I don't think that there is just one mouth. The tentacle tend to catch the food.
Again, I may be really wrong.

 

[bjsbargain]

My lights go out about 10pm and I am up maybe another hour, do you think I have to wait longer because I have never seen anything like that? But thats what I thought they would do but its been weeks since I got it and no tenticles.

 

[twogirls]

some of mine come out during the day, kind of randomly. I'll try to get a pic for you. It depends on your coral whether an hour will be enough or not.

 

[bjsbargain]

Thank you. It would be helpful to see what it is suppose to look like. Now it must be eating because its not dead and still very green.

 

[twogirls]

this is the best that I could get. I have a really cruddy camera and there isn't very many out right now. There is also a feather duster thing in the pic too, so ignore that.

 

[bjsbargain]

Do you think they look like little pieces of "hair" that just have gotten attached to the favites, flowing aimlessly or can you see them coming from inside their holes?

 

[twogirls]

you can see them really well attached. they're thicker than a strand of hair. I highlighted the pic for the one that came in best on the pic.

 

[bjsbargain]

OK, thank you. I thought maybe I had seen it but I guess not.