Mystery critters in my 150

dominican

dominican

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Anyone know what these are? They've been steadily growing on my LR. Very strange, and I can't begin to know what to make of them. I'd have asked long ago, because I've been observing this over the course of months, but I didn't have pics. Now I do.
First there's this bubbly looking thing with a hole in the middle. I know it's alive, just have no idea what it is...
Then theres this yellow stuff with some sort of tubes coming out of it. The tubes aren't too visible in the pic, but if you look closely you can see them...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Will need to post a copy to attach second pic...
Regards,
Dominican
 
dominican

dominican

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No ideas huh? C'mon... somebody bite!!!! :) This has been killin me... Any ideas? I'm thinking that maybe the bubbly stuff is some sort of coral growing.. I'm a fowlr guy, so I wouldn't know... Surely someone has an idea!!! :notsure:
 
dominican

dominican

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Since I probably won't get a better pic anytime real soon, I'll say that this is exactly what I see when I look at it. If I had to describe it, I'd say it looks like baby bubble coral, with the exception of that hole that leads down into it - looks like a breathing passage (sounds silly, but just describing my perception). The previous owner of this live rock had tons of corals when the tank was built into the wall of his house, but the next occupants let them all die. Sad:nope:, So I'm thinking maybe some of this stuff growing might be seeded from the collection he used to have. So far it's just the yellow sponges (?), and this stuff.
When I saw that these people (2nd occupants of the house) weren't taking care of this tank, I offered to buy it. Instead they gave me the tank (150g), LR, all hardware in exchange for extracting the whole set-up from the wall. :) I built a cab and set up in my place. Been running since last April... I'll try to post a pic soon..
 
darknes

darknes

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Is it just the whitish area?
I'm thinking that's also a sponge.
Does it kind of look like co
ebs?
 
dominican

dominican

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It's the entire bubbly lookin' thing in the center of the picture, about the size of a silver dollar. The small area that's most white is actually a small opening, and you're looking down into it.. I'm tellin' you, it's bizarre...
 
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