[missy88]

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thats my live rock i got from the fish gallery. i have questions.......why is one part black. one part look like it has squiggly worms on it but they dont move. and the green hair is awful. do you see anything else that looks bad? or good? comments questions anything would help. my lawnmower blenny was out and i had to take a pic of him! i dont know if he is eating he always hides i have to catch him when he isnt looking. well help would help.... lol. hope everyone is doing well thanks for looking!

[pogodzib]

Many times, LR with come with "bonus" corals on them and sometimes they can come with pests or bad algaes. I would pick off all of the hair algae. The other things all look good.

[emccullough1]

Missy: The black stuff looks like dead stuff probably sponges. If you could you should get a new brush and brush them off and rinse in a bucket of salt water. The worm looking things look like spionid worms to me but I could be wrong. Here is a good place to look when you want to find out what something is.
Xtalreef

I like your pic in your profile it looks like you where pouting My granddaughter's give me that look all the time to get there way. They know grandpa is a soft touch. It looks like you are on your way to a beautiful tank

[WILLIAM1]

What the heck is that in your first pic on the heater looks like a ???? I'm not sure

[emccullough1]

William: It looks like a lawnmower blenny to me.

[stephaniesquires]

I have squiggly worm stuff too - It looks like there were live things that made some calcium tubes - The black stuff might be really dark corraline algae, I have some that looks almost maroon/dark purple, also deep green. It looks like you have great color on the LR, and it will get better!! Get rid of the hair algae. The blennie looks great!! Great picture, he likes the heat I guess!!!

[missy88]

hehehe. yay ill get rid of the hair algae! yall are awsome! thanks so much for all the info and comments!

[missy88]

what the crap is this on my live rock.....its growing fast.

[emccullough1]

Missy that peace of rock is or was a coral and looks to have polyps on it I think it is still alive. Get that alga off of it and see it gets lots of light. You might even put a pic of it under the Identification thread and see if some of the experts can ID it for you.

[emccullough1]

This is what I think it may be but I'm no expert by any means.
Staghorn Coral, Acropora formosa

[rlcline76]

Looks like a green star polyp to me. It will look a lot better where there is more light and current.

[spanko]

+1 on the GSP.

[RyanG]

Looks like Green Star Polyp to me too. NICE ROCK!

[wesley6610]

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thats my live rock i got from the fish gallery. i have questions.......why is one part black. one part look like it has squiggly worms on it but they dont move. and the green hair is awful. do you see anything else that looks bad? or good? comments questions anything would help. my lawnmower blenny was out and i had to take a pic of him! i dont know if he is eating he always hides i have to catch him when he isnt looking. well help would help.... lol. hope everyone is doing well thanks for looking!

The squiggly worms are probably of the fan variety and may resurface after some time and acclimation to your tank parameters.

[wesley6610]

Originally Posted by missy88

what the crap is this on my live rock.....its growing fast.

They are green star polyps for sure, so get that rock out the corner and into the light and current. They spread pretty quickly under good water parameters so you might want to use it as a show piece that can't branch to other rocks unless your interested in fragging it out as it grows.