Sep 24, 2019 #1 C cylon032 Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 28, 2018 Messages 187 Reaction score 114 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 First picture isn't great but it looks like a cotton ball with string coming out the center hole. Second picture white spots all over the tank glass are these something to worry about?
First picture isn't great but it looks like a cotton ball with string coming out the center hole. Second picture white spots all over the tank glass are these something to worry about?
Sep 24, 2019 #2 Katrina71 Learn, Laugh, Love View Badges Excellence Award Hospitality Award Joined Mar 26, 2017 Messages 37,351 Reaction score 211,006 Rating - 100% 1 0 0 First looks like a sponge. Second look like hydroids. Common in a new tank, and they will go away. Both are fine!
First looks like a sponge. Second look like hydroids. Common in a new tank, and they will go away. Both are fine!
Sep 24, 2019 #3 Ron Reefman Lets Go Snorkeling! View Badges Reef Squad Excellence Award Reef Tank 365 Article Contributor Tampa Bay Reef Keepers MAC of SW Florida Joined Aug 12, 2012 Messages 9,366 Reaction score 21,076 Location SW Florida Rating - 0% 0 0 0 The first is a pineapple sponge and harmless. They appear in some new tanks and generally go away, unfortunately. The second are hydroids I believe and I've never had to deal with them. So I'm unsure if they are bad.
The first is a pineapple sponge and harmless. They appear in some new tanks and generally go away, unfortunately. The second are hydroids I believe and I've never had to deal with them. So I'm unsure if they are bad.
Sep 24, 2019 #4 Jay Z Valuable Member View Badges Joined Feb 16, 2019 Messages 1,339 Reaction score 2,428 Location Saint Clair Shores, MI Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Yep. Look like pineapple sponge, which you will always have some. And jelly hydroids. Like Katrina said. They will phase out.
Yep. Look like pineapple sponge, which you will always have some. And jelly hydroids. Like Katrina said. They will phase out.
Sep 24, 2019 #5 Katrina71 Learn, Laugh, Love View Badges Excellence Award Hospitality Award Joined Mar 26, 2017 Messages 37,351 Reaction score 211,006 Rating - 100% 1 0 0 We had a bunch in our first tank. They did go away quickly. @saltyfilmfolks assured me. He was right
Sep 26, 2019 #6 OP OP C cylon032 Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 28, 2018 Messages 187 Reaction score 114 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Thank you so much everyone on this site is so helpful