ID of a couple things

[macdawg]

I have noticed these little coiled tubes multiplying on some of my rock work. Not quite sure what they are and also this white stuff... Maybe some kind of sponge, but probably not

 

[macdawg]

Here are some pics, they never show up correctly on the forum for me

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[DTECH07]

This post can't be helped unless it has a picture or two:yo:

 

[DTECH07]

Man you fast haha.

 

[DTECH07]

Had to tell from the quality of the pictures sorry.

 

[macdawg]

They are very small, they almost look like tiny tube worm tubes, they are everywhere And must be multiplying fast, I'll try to Get better pics, but the lights just went out

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[DTECH07]

No problem it's alway interesting when these type of ID come up. Someone else might see what they are but I'm having a hard time.

 

[macdawg]

Maybe this will be a better shot... I'll try to get more this evening

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[DTECH07]

are they soft and fluffy like little feather dusters? or hard and brittle? do the retract when you touch them?

 

[macdawg]

I don't think I can get much better pictures

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[macdawg]

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[dawguy]

The curly white ones are spirorbid

 

[pinkfloydfan]

I don't think I can get much better pictures

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The white ones look like, as mentioned, Spirorbid;

Spirorbis Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[SUP][1][/SUP] PreЄ​ Є​ O​ S​ D​ C​ P​ T​ J​ K​ Pg​ N​
Spirorbis spirorbis (modern)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Canalipalpata
Suborder:	Sabellida
Family:	Serpulidae
Genus:	Spirorbis Daudin, 1800

The second reminds me of a glass anemone;
Aiptasia

 

[macdawg]

No... There not aptasia, it is forming like a mat, sponge or something, I know it's not Anemone it doesn't move, it doesn't have tentacles, it is white.

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[macdawg]

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[pinkfloydfan]

No... There not aptasia, it is forming like a mat, sponge or something, I know it's not Anemone it doesn't move, it doesn't have tentacles, it is white.

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O.k. hard to say with those quasi photos. Now that you have given more info, namely the mat, it may be GSP but the mat is usually located in one area and spreads, not in blotches like your pic.
Now, normally, the mat has this beautiful Purple or Pink depending on your lighting, but, in improper lighting the mat can go ghost White.

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[Scampy]

Does it look like the stuff in the center of this pic? If so it's a type of sponge. For the life of me I cant remember the exact name.


PICT0636 by SaltyDawg_2009, on Flickr

 

[macdawg]

That is exactly what it is scampy

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[pinkfloydfan]

That is exactly what it is scampy

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Great! We figured it out. No mat.....sponge.

 

[macdawg]

I can't find much about them online, I also found I have syconoid sponges under one of my rocks.... Are all sponges good? Hopefully none are pests and are tainting my system. Thanks for all who have helped

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