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smithdsl · #1 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 10:29 PM

I got a new rock for my tank, with some plants on it, but don't know what this orange and reddish thing is, Thank you.

http://www.highwatercomputers.com/pic/whatis005.jpg
http://www.highwatercomputers.com/pic/whatis006.jpg
http://www.highwatercomputers.com/pic/whatis007.jpg
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LeslieH · #2 (**permalink**) 11-21-2009, 12:51 AM

It's the kind of colonial tunicate that has a shared outcurrent siphon. That's the circular structure with white dots around it.

smithdsl · #3 (**permalink**) 11-21-2009, 10:53 PM

Thanks for the help!!

jake adams · #4 (**permalink**) 11-24-2009, 12:09 PM

Leslie are you sure that it's a colonial tunicate? it looks like the big fatty solitary species that has an orange tunic and often comes from the Caribbean and Florida.

LeslieH · #5 (**permalink**) 11-24-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jake adams

Leslie are you sure that it's a colonial tunicate? it looks like the big fatty solitary species that has an orange tunic and often comes from the Caribbean and Florida.

I took a second look and you're right about it being a solitary. Photo 006 has the best view showing the other siphon which is at about 6:30-7:00 in the image. I had focused on the bumpy skin which looks like a clump of individual animals.