What is this?

[monocus]

if it's soft and recedes slowly it could be a carnation or chilli coral.as for your aptasia problem,inject them with lemon juice,smother them with kalkwasser mix,torch them,epoxy them,etc-but do it during the day about 1-2 hours after feeding so they don't release their daughter cells.for natural eradication-file fish,copperband ,sometimes banner fish,or berghia

[jords]

Originally Posted by monocus

if it's soft and recedes slowly it could be a carnation or chilli coral.as for your aptasia problem,inject them with lemon juice,smother them with kalkwasser mix,torch them,epoxy them,etc-but do it during the day about 1-2 hours after feeding so they don't release their daughter cells.for natural eradication-file fish,copperband ,sometimes banner fish,or berghia

Ooooh! Those two sound nice, I definitely won't touch the red stuff yet then!

I tried to nuke them before using Joe's Juice and a syringe, but I think it released all that gunk that caused tons more of them. Thought I could just start living with them. Hahaha - they hitched in on the live rock I bought - was not cooked or cured. As for copperband fish or even file fish (which I don't think look too pleasing,) are they reef save, and not aggresive?

[monocus]

depends on the individual fish and it's personality.the only thing reef safe is berghia

[jords]

Fair enough.

Well I am for sure going to be keeping an eye on that carnation/chilli coral, and hope it does grow into something cool! I was about to scrape it off.

[marie]

Could it be a Foraminiferans?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-07/rs/index.php

[jords]

Originally Posted by marie

Could it be a Foraminiferans?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-07/rs/index.php

TBH, after searching and searching through Google, that's what I thought it was. Thought I'd post on here. I'm just going to let it grow out. Up close it kind of looks like thin red strings coming out of my live rock.

[jords]

Here's a pic of the red thing growing on the rock....


Hope this helps. I look it with a 10MP Nikon camera at full zoom, so if this isn't good enough, I'm afraid I can't supply a better pic until I re-arrange the tank again. haha

[jords]

Local hobbyist came and took a look - he's pretty sure it's a sponge. Apparently it can't be a chilli coral because my LR is not from the Carribean. He didn't rule out carnation coral though. I guess only time will tell.