lauraleighx3
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Just noticed these guys. Obviously have a ton of them, only on the LR though. Any ideas? Good, bad?
Little white "trees" growing on a piece of LR
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Just noticed these guys. Obviously have a ton of them, only on the LR though. Any ideas? Good, bad?
lauraleighx3
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Someone said hydroids? Are these good? Anyone think they might be something else?
bang guy
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At first I thought of the Colony stage of Ctenophores but then with the second picture I think they are clearly the Hydroid stage of a Jellyfish species.
Not a good thing. It's not horrible but they will sting anything around them and will significantly reduce the pod populations.
Not a good thing. It's not horrible but they will sting anything around them and will significantly reduce the pod populations.
lauraleighx3
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Yeah but their little branches go all the way down the part coming out of the rock.
So this is in a FOWLR tank. I currently have a picasso trigger, flameback angel, maroon clown, and a starry blenny. Will eventually add a paddle fin wrasse and a foxface. Nothing that will specifically eat the pods... Should I be concerned? Do I get rid of them? How do I get rid of them if so.
So this is in a FOWLR tank. I currently have a picasso trigger, flameback angel, maroon clown, and a starry blenny. Will eventually add a paddle fin wrasse and a foxface. Nothing that will specifically eat the pods... Should I be concerned? Do I get rid of them? How do I get rid of them if so.
2quills
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I've never had to deal with these before so I'm not sure about methods for removal, hopefully someone will chime in.
The pic I posted was the polyp stage of an Immortal Jelly (forget scientific name). Common to the carribean but have been showing up in places all over the world. The Immortals are interesting because they are the only known species on the planet that can change their cell structure and revert from the adult stage back to the polyp stage at will. This is very interesting to science.
I was currious if that's what you had in your tank.
The pic I posted was the polyp stage of an Immortal Jelly (forget scientific name). Common to the carribean but have been showing up in places all over the world. The Immortals are interesting because they are the only known species on the planet that can change their cell structure and revert from the adult stage back to the polyp stage at will. This is very interesting to science.
I was currious if that's what you had in your tank.
lauraleighx3
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If i do a freshwater dip on the rock for a couple of days will that kill them too?