Unidentified fuzzy sacks on my star polyps

Wayne Sallee wrote on Sat, 12 Aug 2006:
The sponge you have growing with your star polyps could smother your star
polyps, so keep an eye on it.

Yeah, I agree. But star polyps grow so fast, and frag so easily, that I've
got little patches of them all over the place in my tank. Moreover, the star
polyps grow off into the light, and the white sponge clearly prefers dark
locations, so it doesn't grow too fast heading off into the light.

Thus: I don't think it's a real danger, but you're right that it could be
in theory.

-- Don
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Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
I guess I wouldn't mind if aliens from outer space came and visited our planet.
But please, no children. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey [1999]

Don, the sponges you have could smother your polyps, not
in theory, but in reality. I had it happen to a customer.
But don't over react, just keep an eye on it. Your's may
not be a problem.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Don Geddis wrote on 8/14/2006 1:28 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote on Sat, 12 Aug 2006:
The sponge you have growing with your star polyps could smother your star
polyps, so keep an eye on it.

Yeah, I agree. But star polyps grow so fast, and frag so easily, that I've
got little patches of them all over the place in my tank. Moreover, the star
polyps grow off into the light, and the white sponge clearly prefers dark
locations, so it doesn't grow too fast heading off into the light.

Thus: I don't think it's a real danger, but you're right that it could be
in theory.

-- Don
__________________________________________________ _____________________________
Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
I guess I wouldn't mind if aliens from outer space came and visited our planet.
But please, no children. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey [1999]