Orange things growing on glass

kospaintball · 06-01-2009, 04:01 PM

I have these orange things growing on my glass, as best i can describe they look kinda like gorgonians in their growth patter. i can't see any "arms" growing from the stem tho.

they are attached to the glass and are just randomly placed in the tank.

i havn't seen any on any of the rock or in the sand or anything. just in the upper levels of the tank.

they don't seem to be hurting anything but i am just curious to what they are.

i have never put any gorgonians in my tank btw.

kospaintball · 06-03-2009, 03:23 PM

no one knows what it is? any help?

Slickcg33 · 06-03-2009, 04:15 PM

picture?

Jess · 06-03-2009, 04:23 PM

Picture definitely needed!

kospaintball · 06-06-2009, 03:38 AM

don't have my cam with me at the moment but i will upload one when i get a photo of it.

im kinda baffled by what i have seen these past few days.... i thought that it was moving, i mean i didn't SEE it move but the orange things were not in the same place i recall.

i marked on with a marker. a little dot that i would consider the "center" of the orange thing. well i let a day go by and low and behold it had moved.

i put a dot on a few of the other ones to see if they moved too.

all the ones that i checked moved. not much, maybe an inch, 2 at the most. so what ever it is, its alive.

i wouldn't imagine it being a worm.... its pretty awkward to be something like that. NO symmetrical features either.

charlesr1958 · 06-06-2009, 12:14 PM

Possibly an anemone or hydroid species? A good, in focus photo would of course be a big help...

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06-01-2009, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
kospaintball Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 453 View Gallery Karma Komment	Orange things growing on glass I have these orange things growing on my glass, as best i can describe they look kinda like gorgonians in their growth patter. i can't see any "arms" growing from the stem tho. they are attached to the glass and are just randomly placed in the tank. i havn't seen any on any of the rock or in the sand or anything. just in the upper levels of the tank. they don't seem to be hurting anything but i am just curious to what they are. i have never put any gorgonians in my tank btw. __________________ 14 gal nano 1 maroon, 1 clown goby, metalic green hairy mushroom, trumpets, Devil's hand leather, Frog spawn, kenya tree short tentacled plate, cinularis tree, zoas, clove coral

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kospaintball Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 453 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Orange things growing on glass no one knows what it is? any help? __________________ 14 gal nano 1 maroon, 1 clown goby, metalic green hairy mushroom, trumpets, Devil's hand leather, Frog spawn, kenya tree short tentacled plate, cinularis tree, zoas, clove coral

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Jess Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Orange things growing on glass Picture definitely needed! __________________ Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Some are known to drunk dial....I drunk feed. Confucius say man who fish in other man's sea bound to catch crabs My very first big girl tank The Nano

06-06-2009, 03:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
kospaintball Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 453 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Orange things growing on glass don't have my cam with me at the moment but i will upload one when i get a photo of it. im kinda baffled by what i have seen these past few days.... i thought that it was moving, i mean i didn't SEE it move but the orange things were not in the same place i recall. i marked on with a marker. a little dot that i would consider the "center" of the orange thing. well i let a day go by and low and behold it had moved. i put a dot on a few of the other ones to see if they moved too. all the ones that i checked moved. not much, maybe an inch, 2 at the most. so what ever it is, its alive. i wouldn't imagine it being a worm.... its pretty awkward to be something like that. NO symmetrical features either. __________________ 14 gal nano 1 maroon, 1 clown goby, metalic green hairy mushroom, trumpets, Devil's hand leather, Frog spawn, kenya tree short tentacled plate, cinularis tree, zoas, clove coral

06-06-2009, 12:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
charlesr1958 Scopas Tang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mactan Island, The Philippines Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Orange things growing on glass Possibly an anemone or hydroid species? A good, in focus photo would of course be a big help... A Hitch Hikers Guide to the Reefs Chuck __________________ __________________________________________ Chuck's Addiction Reef & Reef Aquarium Articles and Links

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