Need two IDs!

[breezey1127]

Hey every one, i need two IDs. I have pictures but no idea how to upload them. Any help?

 

[Neptunesghost]

Upload them to photobucket.com first, then add the pic with the link provided.

 

[breezey1127]

This one just started growing out of no wheres. It is white, about 1.5 inches across and each "capsule" part is pinkish inside.. its also kind of stiff

 

[breezey1127]

This one here came in to the LFS as "coral rubble"... any ideas? It is about 3 inches

 

[breezey1127]

Thanks for your help by the way Neptunesghost!

 

[CarlDelain]

That's intense! I've never seen anything like that.

 

[Eric]

not sure on the first La reefs used to have a macro algae that looked similar but it's no longer listed, the second Looks like rock anemone a or flowerpot .

 

[Eric]

Try looking up Blue Scroll Macroalgae for the first Id, kinda similar but I don't think that is it.

 

[breezey1127]

I don't think it is that type of macro algae either.. isn't it weird? I havent seen anything like it before.. could be some type of eggs for all i know! lol . I looked up rock anemone for the second photo and this looks almost like it --> File:Rock Flower Anemone.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

 

[Reefmack]

When I first saw picture #1 it looked like a type of colonial tunicate. The second is a rock/flower anemone. I once had one very similar, but different colors.

 

[breezey1127]

A tunicate also crossed my mind but there is no incurrent or excurrent siphon so I didn't know!.. I also thought a type of bryozoan. Im going to take a photo to show my inverts proff at school this week to see what she says, ill keep you guys posted!

 

[catran]

+1-Eric on the scroll microalgae
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Scroll Algae
The second looks like a Ultra maxi mini carpet anenome:

Ultra Maxi Mini Anemone 9 (WYSIWYG) - $50.00 : CultivatedReef.com, Aquacultured Coral Frags

Or a mini carpet anenome
http://cultivatedreef.com/mini-carpet-anemones-stichodactyla-tapetum-p-97.html

 

[Reefmack]

Could be scroll algae, but the structure is definitely a rock/flower anemone. From the link in post 9:

I had one once - they supposedly stay put, but after a couple months mine took to wandering all over the tank. They come in all kinds of color combinations.

 

[tnwillia]

Here is a great ID thread. There is Scroll on pg 2 towards the bottom of post 29. Good luck!

macro algae index......

 

[Reefmack]

Nice thread Tom! It does look a lot like the Padina australis.

 

[catran]

Terry, that's a pretty cool nem photo!

 

[Reefmack]

Thanks Cat. It's not my photo though - from:

File:Rock Flower Anemone.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

This was one I had for a good while. These nems come in many colors, and some have those frilly tentacles around the edges, some don't - mine had smooth ones.

Mine stayed put for a few months, then started wandering all over, and across the glass in back, and finally decided it wanted to stay on top of a chaeto holder I had in the tank. I finally had to give it to the LFS.

 

[catran]

Very pretty! You don't see too much yellow. Too bad it wandered.

 

[breezey1127]

Hey everyone, I found out what those white structures were, tulip snail eggs!

 

[tektite]

I just saw this thread, the eggs reminded me of my Murex snail's eggs. Glad you ID'd yours So many interesting things!