Whats going on with my zoas

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    tonight i noticed this pink thing on my zoas its just this one no idea what it is its pink with a little circle in the middle

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    Puffer Chick, Feb 14, 2010
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  2. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    maybe it took in some weird looking zooxanthae from the water column?
     
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  3. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Looks like a sponge to me....
     
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  4. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    hmm maybe all i know is that this is brand new
    yea the pink thing with the circle in the middle, i know i have a bright pink sponge somewhere in the zoa colony, but i dont think it would be perfectly round like this, or would it?
     
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  5. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    I have some sponges that are perfect spheres.
     
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  6. Puffer Chick

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    oh yea i just relooked at the pic and your able to see the bright pink sponge that i was talking about underneath this but what im talking about is the paler pink right above it
     
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  7. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    hmmm might be a possibility then :)
     
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  8. Puffer Chick

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    yea the whitish/pink with a hole that looks similar but its not hary and completly smooth just like the zoas next to it
     
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  9. Puffer Chick

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    lol i thought maybe something ate it or zoas are changing colors :-/ but i guess ill keep an eye on it as it grows
     
    Puffer Chick, Feb 14, 2010
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