Orange Polyp

[Dan Norgard]

Hi,
I have what appears to be an Orange Sand polyp growing on my LR. The polyp
is just about 1/8" in diameter and appeared two days ago. Might more appear
near it in the future? Any guess as to when?

Also, there is a gray slime covering the purple (coraline algae?) parts of
the rock and some appears to be sloughing off like peel from a sunburn. Any
ideas to what it is?

Finally: There are white feathery growths about 1/4"-1/2" long attached to
the LR in quite a few places...any identifiable clues from that lame
description?

I must admit watching these rocks come to life is fascinating...are fish
really needed? 8^)

Thanks,
Dan

[wolfhedd]

haha, i agree, it is very fascinating to watch this stuff grow from rocks, i
dont think fish are reall y needed. haha. i only have a blenny. slime may
be good, may be some type of coocoon. orange thing, is it a pink thing by
chance? it may be sponge. feathery thing, does it look hard and like
fishing line?
wolfhedd.
"Dan Norgard" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I have what appears to be an Orange Sand polyp growing on my LR. The
polyp
> is just about 1/8" in diameter and appeared two days ago. Might more
appear
> near it in the future? Any guess as to when?
>
> Also, there is a gray slime covering the purple (coraline algae?) parts of
> the rock and some appears to be sloughing off like peel from a sunburn.
Any
> ideas to what it is?
>
> Finally: There are white feathery growths about 1/4"-1/2" long attached
to
> the LR in quite a few places...any identifiable clues from that lame
> description?
>
> I must admit watching these rocks come to life is fascinating...are fish
> really needed? 8^)
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
>

[Dan Norgard]

No, it's definitely orange. The gray slime only covers the purple parts of
the LR.
The feathery thing looks like a very miniature version of the white
anenomoes we used to see diving the Puget Sound...but they were 3-4 ft tall.
Dan
"wolfhedd" > wrote in message
.net...
haha, i agree, it is very fascinating to watch this stuff grow from rocks, i
dont think fish are reall y needed. haha. i only have a blenny. slime may
be good, may be some type of coocoon. orange thing, is it a pink thing by
chance? it may be sponge. feathery thing, does it look hard and like
fishing line?
wolfhedd.
"Dan Norgard" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I have what appears to be an Orange Sand polyp growing on my LR. The
polyp
> is just about 1/8" in diameter and appeared two days ago. Might more
appear
> near it in the future? Any guess as to when?
>
> Also, there is a gray slime covering the purple (coraline algae?) parts of
> the rock and some appears to be sloughing off like peel from a sunburn.
Any
> ideas to what it is?
>
> Finally: There are white feathery growths about 1/4"-1/2" long attached
to
> the LR in quite a few places...any identifiable clues from that lame
> description?
>
> I must admit watching these rocks come to life is fascinating...are fish
> really needed? 8^)
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
>