yellow fuzziness

[Janus]

New to the hobby here and wondering what I have on my rocks....
I got a piece of LR a few weeks ago and just noticed that there is something yellowish the looks like a squished cottonball growing on the back of one of my LR pieces that I did not see before.
unfortunatly I don't have a camera to snap pic.
may be over reacting but should I worry?

[cbianco]

Sponge probably. Unfortunately, without a pic, identification is a difficult thing to do.

Christopher

[Janus]

yeah i know...sorry
need to pick up a digital camera soon but kinda tapped now after buying setup.. heh not really complaining tho..

also I eventually want to keep a goby...how do you boost up the population of copeopds? (is that the right name for them?)

[subber]

How old is your system?? If it has already cycled, get a cup of live sand from someone on here with an established tank and have a lot of patience. The hardest thing in this hobby is waiting for everything to work together as a system before adding anything that has requirments such as certain types of fish do. What type of goby are you looking to get??

[hoho19]

does it look like this:

http://puddleglum.hohimer.us/reef/05202006/idcrop.jpg

if so then it's a q-tip sponge.

[JimD]

Nope, what hes describing is a yellow encrusting sponge. They can be very prolific and sometimes a problem when they get near the base of corals.
Here ya go:
www.seafriends.org.nz/scrntx04/tn/f038407t.jpg

[BIGBIRD123]

Jim, Ain't "yellow fuzziness" what you get after a long night in the garage? ROFLMAO!

Steve

[JimD]

Jim, Ain't "yellow fuzziness" what you get after a long night in the garage? ROFLMAO!

Steve

LMAO! Thats funny,,,,... But TRUE! One of these days you need to experience it for yourself. lol, Youll never be the same.

[cbianco]

I almost forgot that I had a picture of my yellow sponge.

http://www.maast.org/albums/cbianco/Sponge.jpg

This is a sponge! :) Does yours resemble this? Even if it doesn't there are many different types of sponges.

Christopher

[BIGBIRD123]

Sounds like fun...I'll bring my portable "crash" cart and we'll see who can take the most voltage...LOL! 8) :P :wacko >_<

Steve

Sorry I didn't mean to hijack the thread. Now back to the fuzzywuzzies...

[Janus]

as far as the organism goes it looks kinda like a small dome and its yellow with a cottony look to it. not really like the yellows that you have here or on the link you guys gave me.....man I NEED A CAMERA

and for the goby...I have just about fallen in love with manadrins...

Right now my system is still in the full cycle...need some more equipment and LR...have a 30 gal tank and only about 16 lbs of rock right now.

if you know anyone that has any decent old equipment they need to part with I am still needing a skimmer and eventually I will be looking to augment my tanks size with a decent sump and fuge if I can find one that will fit.
Chris

[demodiki]

The mandarin is actually a dragonette and not a goby. Some people have successfully kept mandarins in 30 gallon tanks but I am sure they had pretty big, established refugiums. If I were you, just starting out, I would definitely skip the mandarin...get more LR and add a refugium.

[Janus]

eah I was planning to have at least 45-50 lbs b4 I add a mandarin.
as far as the refugium..what size would you recomend that I look for when the time comes?

[demodiki]

I would think a 20-30 gallon refugium with LR, LS and some type of macro would be best for cultivationg pods. I would also wait a good long while so that you have a mature tank. I have read that these guys usually die within a couple of months due to poor nutrition so beware.

[Janus]

Right now the plan is to establish the tank for a while...going to wait for at least 3 months before adding any fish then maybe a mandarin after about 9 months to a year

ok at the risk of sounding odd...
when you mention having macro in the refugium...what are you refering to?

[hoho19]

k at the risk of sounding odd...
when you mention having macro in the refugium...what are you refering to?

Macro algae...? Cheatomorpha? Halimedia? Did I spell those correctly :-P?

[Janus]

ahhh ok

so besides the actual tank for a fuge, the sand, rocks, and algea what other equipment would be needed for an effective fuge?

I really want to make sure that I set all this up right the first time and don't miss anything that I need.

[cbianco]

Macro = macroalgae. You may have seen some macroalgae at the LFS. Macroalgae look like plants from the sea.

I think that it is time for you to do your research! :)

Here is a link to start you off: Wet Web Media - Refugiums! (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/refugium.htm)

Lots of good information here and tons of links to discusions at the top of this page.

Christopher

[Janus]

thank you for the link....need to get a book this paycheck to really help get me started. taking it slow right now like I said

[Janus]

this is a pic of the yellow organism...litlle grainy but my camera is trash. sorry

[greatwit]

Definetly looks like sponge. Harmless, good filter feeder if it lives.

[GaryP]

I got a piece of LR a few weeks ago and just noticed that there is something yellowish the looks like a squished cottonball growing on the back of one of my LR pieces that I did not see before.

Welcome to MAAST. My guess best is that it may be a tunicate or a sponge.

[reeferRob]

Right now the plan is to establish the tank for a while...going to wait for at least 3 months before adding any fish then maybe a mandarin after about 9 months to a year

ok at the risk of sounding odd...
when you mention having macro in the refugium...what are you refering to?

Macro=macroalgae (Good) , ppl use it in their sumps to control microalgae (NO GOOD), and something to cultivate pods and such, some fish will also eat certain Macros, I had a nice little clump growing on a LR and bought a sailfin Tang and it was gone within an hour of putting him in my tank LOL