smoke on the live rock

[fwildthing]

hi!
can anyone tell me what the white hairlike stuff is (looks like smoke) that is all over my live rock? not on the face pieces, but if you look through the gaps, it's all over. And, it's on my heater, I just noticed. It's a 125 reef with a whole lot of rock....and red disc corals. Hamilton 2X150 MH and 2 pc's. just curious. thet tank has been running for over four years. I just added a clean up crew....
thanks

 

[wax32]

Welcome to the board! No clue, got any pictures?

 

[fwildthing]

thanks....I've been reading all these threads for awile. I've gotten a lot of info off this message board.
um, it would be difficult to get pics of this "white hair" because it doesn't appear on the face rock

 

[fwildthing]

it has pretty much coated the inner rock surfaces.... i was wondering if increasing the powerheads would help. it almost looks like angel hair.

 

[fwildthing]

nope.... can't get a pic of the smoke.....
got one of the tank, though.

 

[fedukeford]

holy crap!!! are all those brown things mushrooms?

 

[fwildthing]

yep.....they seem very happy. they have overrun the tank, though. anyone have a recipe for these things?

 

[fedukeford]

id take like all except for 10 shrooms and get credit for them at a LFS, u could make $200 EASILY

 

[devaji108]

maybe ship some to me!? .....don't have much to trade...some base rock if you ever going to set up a nano.
Deva
devaji108@yahoo.com

 

[fwildthing]

i actually have discussed this with my LFS.... he is eager to work out some kind of trade. there's just too many of them. <see : wasteload>

 

[fwildthing]

Originally Posted by Devaji108
maybe ship some to me!? .....don't have much to trade...some base rock if you ever going to set up a nano.
Deva
devaji108@yahoo.com
i suppose they'd survive........it'd cold here in illinois right now. any ideas on how to ship these, I'd be glad to send you some.

 

[fedukeford]

or if u dont want them, u could put the LEAST reef safe fish in, and watch them eat them all, that would be AWSOME!! that would be ONE FAT FISH

 

[fwildthing]

believe me, i have thought about that...... I have a trigger in another tank that would just love to be in here.... but I like the Bubble and Carpets too much. the thought has crossed my mind...LOL

 

[mythrenody]

I'd trade em with a LFS and others for some $ or a discount

 

[mikeyjer]

Does it look more like spider webs then smoke? If it's like spider webs, it's made by a worm. I have those in my tank, harmless. It catches food particles and retreives it back. You do have A LOT of mushrooms! If anything in my tank over grows like that, I will be fragging them like mad! :happyfish

 

[unleashed]

Originally Posted by fedukeford
holy crap!!! are all those brown things mushrooms?
yes its called sell them and trade them my lord man lol.you could stock some LFSs with them puppies

 

[crazyhorse]

i have the same stuff in a few spots on some of my rock...wasnt sure what it was either. so long as it doesnt take over i guess its ok for now, but dont really know. i also have those orange worms that everyone says they sting?? i am seeing them more and more?? are they multiplying? are they safe? i heard they destroy liverock by slowly drilling holes thru it?? not sure. as for those mushrooms...im in illinois...i would be willing to buy some from you. maybe a dozen if you are interested. let me know. adavenport3@verizon.net

 

[fwildthing]

Originally Posted by Mikeyjer
Does it look more like spider webs then smoke? If it's like spider webs, it's made by a worm. I have those in my tank, harmless. It catches food particles and retreives it back. You do have A LOT of mushrooms! If anything in my tank over grows like that, I will be fragging them like mad! :happyfish
i tried to thin them once a couple years ago.....but they multiplied. I think I read once that the "smoke" i'm seeing is created by worms. thanks for the input. it just had me wondering if I should be concerned LOL...... and not concerned about the billion mushrooms, right?

 

[fwildthing]

Originally Posted by unleashed
yes its called sell them and trade them my lord man lol.you could stock some LFSs with them puppies
LOL.... I'm thinking it's time to thin the herd, so to speak.

 

[fwildthing]

Originally Posted by crazyhorse
i have the same stuff in a few spots on some of my rock...wasnt sure what it was either. so long as it doesnt take over i guess its ok for now, but dont really know. i also have those orange worms that everyone says they sting?? i am seeing them more and more?? are they multiplying? are they safe? i heard they destroy liverock by slowly drilling holes thru it?? not sure. as for those mushrooms...im in illinois...i would be willing to buy some from you. maybe a dozen if you are interested. let me know. adavenport3@verizon.net
sure, where are you at in illinois? I live in a chicago suburb..... could possibly overnight a few to ya to see if it works. don't let them reproduce!!! LOL just kidding.....
someone told me to buy a six line wrasse that eats those worms......I have them all over all my tanks.... they say they aren't all that bad. they do get in the rock, dude...... they crawl out during feeding time....