What do I have?

[Dar62]

I just aquired live rock with corals but have no idea what's good, whats bad and what next?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

pic 1 is a some sort of sponge, it is absolutely dead now though becasue is has been out of the water. You may need to scape it off. Pics 2 & 3 are discosoma mushroom nems, 4 is what I belive to be Ulva sp. algae and 5 is a colony of toxic palythoa (both figuratively and literally- If you decide to remove them to so with goggles and gloves.)

 

[sfin52]

1 sponge
2 sponge and mushrooms
3 shrooms
4sponges
5 palys (be very careful with them palytoxins)

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Oh lol yeah the things in pic 4 are definitely sponges now that I look closer!

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

what do you have? The ingredients for a nice acid bath and bleaching.

 

[samnaz]

Sponges mushrooms and palythoa, I’d do nothing.

 

[sfin52]

Sponges mushrooms and palythoa, I’d do nothing.

The palys will take over a tank. Acid bath or bleach should take care of those. The sponges im not sure.

 

[samnaz]

The palys will take over a tank. Acid bath or bleach should take care of those. The sponges im not sure.

Yes but I actually put those palys in my tank on purpose once so I guess to each their own.

 

[Dar62]

pic 1 is a some sort of sponge, it is absolutely dead now though becasue is has been out of the water. You may need to scape it off. Pics 2 & 3 are discosoma mushroom nems, 4 is what I belive to be Ulva sp. algae and 5 is a colony of toxic palythoa (both figuratively and literally- If you decide to remove them to so with goggles and gloves.)

Thank you for your help.

 

[JAC-]

You have a wonderland of adventure and questions to come if you toss all that in a tank without thoroughly sterilizing it first, but that is a great way to learn and experiment if you are prepared to.

Not telling you not to, but you will be bringing many new things in off of that rock. Many will be good, some may be bad.

Assuming that was part of your question.