Holly Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 What's the blue gunk around the base of the zoos? (scratch) Yesterday when I cleaned the tank, these zoos all looked great (all open), and this blue stuff wasn't there. I can't find any other blue stuff anywhere else in the tank... It doesn't look like something good, but hopefully I'm all wrong. (whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Sometimes I would have algae growth in my zoanthids. I would blow them off with a turkey baster and get as much off as I could. Do it in a separate bowl though so you're not blowing algae all through your tank. If that's what it even is. I'm sure someone else has a better idea than myself though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 I'll take "algae" over "polyp-devouring tank plague" any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I hear you, sister! We don't like polyp devouring tank plagues! rofl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alterego Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Sponge it looks like to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Looks like an encrusting sponge. It shuldn't grow faster than your zoas, but if you want to get rid of it, pick it off with a tooth pick, or tweezers. I thinks it's pretty cool, and I would frag off the zoas before the sponge, but that's me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 You could just remove the colony to air for 5-10 min. Won't hurt the zoos, should kill the sponge. Might even give em a FW dip for 5-10 min, never hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I'd go with sponge. I like sponges. See if it hurts anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Looking at the closed zoos in the middle of the sponge, i think it is already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 The zoos in the middle of it opened back up. Sorry but my dig camera won't take a pic of decent resolution of the tank (flame) I'd really like to have sponges! The blue-purpley ones I bought in the Fall--my first--seemed to curl up and die within a few weeks, so I figured I must've done something wrong. (I didn't let them touch air.) If this is a sponge, I'll be happy! I put my finger on the gunk this morning and gently poked at it to try to figure out what it was. It seemed a little squoosy. Where my finger pushed in, it appeared that some whitish dust or fluid or something kinda puffed out of it. Not sure if that's sponge-like or not... My finger hasn't fallen off, so I guess I can rule out tank plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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