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It looks like a tumor. This happens in the wild fairly often. Research has shown that they are caused by environmental changes in conditions. In the wild this can be from a storm which causes a combination of environmental stresses coupled with an injury inflicted on the corals, which are possible stimuli that initiate the development of these abnormal growth through either bacterial attack or the development of an aberrant polyp during tissue repair.

New shell... Old shell...Um, you got a little something on your eye! That's okay, after your next molt that coralline algae won't be causing issues anymore...

Nassarius snail cursing by... Shrimp close up!! Simultaneous hermaphrodites - both carrying eggs... And more EGGS!! In the process of laying them... Waking up from sleep in a gsp bed...

Beautiful.

FTS - all fish but the wrasse showed up for the picture I just switched out the bulbs, so I can get a better pic up sometime soon.

Great seahorse pic - funny!

Looks to be a colonial tunicate. Tunicates can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from sponges. In general, sponges feel “spongy” – compressing and then springing back when touched, while tunicates tend to resist compression. Colonial tunicates generally are slick and shiny while the surface of sponges is usually dull or porous. Perhaps this can help you to ID it. Either way, both sponges and tunicates are good filter feeders. Many won't survive in low nutrient tanks. If you would like to keep them alive, provide filter feeding foods a couple of times weekly and watch your water parameters at first to make sure your tank can handle the extra feedings. Target feeding at first can also help keep them alive.

Love the hawkfish!

Seriatopora hystrix with coral crab Acropora nasuta Rainbow Stylophora Blue Montipora Neon Green Stylophora w/coral crab

I'm waiting to see how the buy out changes Drs. F&S and if this will affect Diver's Den as well.

Looks like nassarius snail eggs, mine have been laying them the last 2 springs. Most of the eggs in my tank get eaten by the fish. The fish slowly pick them off one by one. Here are some pics for comparrison. Even one pic where I caught the snail in the act of laying the eggs.

Most bristleworm spines don't have venom in them, but the spines themselves can cause irritation (sometimes can lead to infection), as others have already mentioned. The fireworms (Amphiniods) do have venom in their spines. Not sure which got you. Hot water (not scalding) helps to break down the proteins in the venom, same application as if treating lionfish stings/venom. Hydrocortizone on the area (as already mentioned) does help with iching. For pain over the counter acetominophen or ibuprofin can help. If you think you are allergic take a benedryll and contact your doctor for further advice, this is not something you want to linger w/o begin looked at. I am also finding that I am getting more and more allergic to my tanks as I have gotten older. Now anytime my hands have been in the tank my joints ache after ward and become a little swollen. Sometimes minor throbbing happens after a few hours working on the tank. If really bad I take a bendryll. I've been in conversations with my doctor about this. I've been exposed to all kinds of toxins from various marine inverts that I have worked w/ in the past, as a researcher... Guess it all catchs up at some point. Now I always use gloves in my tanks (or really try to ).

Paul b has cultured them, I'd reach out to him on advice.

Thanks for the welcome! I love photography... guess I should add that to my list under my avatar Here are a couple of my favorite pics.... Quick question, I'm at a point where I'm fragging and thinning the corals to keep them on the smaller side, the idea is that the smaller the coral heads the bigger the tank looks. As opposed to having large corals which makes a tank look smaller IMHO. So, I will be looking into trading, selling or giving them away... I'm tired of just throwing out little frags from the thinning that I've been doing. I will follow all rules on this site, I just need to look into them more.

Thanks. I've been a lurker from time to time. Happy to share my knowledge and join in discussions.

Hi All -- Happy to be joining a local group. A little background: I've been keeping FW tanks since the mid to late 80s and have been keeping marine tanks since the mid 90s. In 2008 I began a 40g marine fish and mobile invert tank that I tranfered to a 65g in Oct. 2011. The tank below is the 65g tank at ~3.5 years old. My interests lie more w/the biological and chemical aspects of the hobby and less on the technical side of things. I may be missing some critter, but here is a general list of what is in the tank: Acropora Acropora selago Moonbean (A. yongei) Limelight green slimer (A. yongei) Acropora nasuta Montipora ORA Greensleeves (M. digitata) ORA German Blue Polyp (M. digitata) ORA Orange (M. digitata) Grape (M. capricornis) Orangade (M. capricornis) Purple Smoke (M. capricornis) Shady Lady (M. capricornis) Neon green Palawanensis (M. palawanensis) ORA Spongodes (M. sponogodes) Tyree Sunset Purple Haze (M. danae) Stylophora ORA Green Cotton Candy Tyree Rainbow Pocillopora Valentine Damicornis (P. damicornis) Turbinaria Yellow Scroll (T. reniformis) Seriatopora Pink Lace Birds Nest (S. hystrix) Echinophyllia Red Firestone Chalice Pink Mink Chalice Gorgonian Frilly Purple Duncanopsammia Giant Green Polyp Duncan (D. axifuga) Favia butterscotch red Briareum Green Star Polyps (B. violacea/violaceum) Fish Black and white clown (pair) (Amphiprion ocellaris) Tailspot blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) Coral beauty angel (Centropyge bispinosa) Foxface (Siganus unimaculatus) Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) Mobile Inverts Coral crabs (Tetralia cymdoce and Tetralia glaberrima) Scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp Peppermint shrimp Hawaiian dwarf zebra hermit Cerith snails Nerite snails Nassarius snails Fighting Conch Many hitchhikers Chitons Collonista snails Brittle stars Orange and white ball sponges, and Red Pseudocorynactis white-tipped anemones