[jollopee]

My tank is starting to sprout some stuff on the live rock. Not really sure if anyone can tell what this stuff is or not,possibly too early to tell. I just wanted to find out if mabey this is some corals starting to grow or something other.....when people ask me whats in my tank I would like to tell them something other than "beats me" . The first picture is a pink spot I really think this is a coral of some sorts, it has some tiny white specks on it (mabey tentacles) and a small pin size hole right in the middle of it and it has doubled in size in the last month. The 2nd picture is of some rock that on the edge there is some white stuff and not too sure what this is but looks kind of razory I didnt notice it before a couple of weeks ago, I dont think its alive but who knows. Any ideas would be great. Then of course my famous hideing anemone with its little clown buddy,too bad both the clowns arent liveing in it yet but in time Im sure they will. Then of course my favorite,the hawkfish,I called him crazy eye one night in front of my 2yr old daughter and now every time I talk to her on the phone from work and in the mornings and night when I get home all she sais is "eye,eye, eye ,eye......." while pointing at it,kind of cute,guess ya gotta be there to get the funny aspect of it to see her with her binky and blanky trying to find crazy eye . But really,any ideas on the bright pink and the white stuff??

Thank you
Todd

[BubbaWPB]

I can't tell what the pink thing is - if I had to place a bet, I'd put my money on coralline algae. The white stuff in the second picture looks like some sorta dead coral skeleton. I've had some of that stuff on some of my live rock... it just gets covered with other stuff growing on it after a while. Your clown and anemone look very happy together! Keep the pics coming!

[charlie]

I am thinking that the first pic may be coralline algae. The second is maybe a sponge of some sort. Your guess is as good as mine??????