Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 219

blitz49 · 06/08/2016, 09:22 PM

I went through all 218 pages and did not see this hitchhiker. I can see this hitchhiker becoming a pest, so can someone help me ID.

Looks different from hydroids.

killinit123 · 06/09/2016, 08:24 AM

hydroids maybe?

sculpin2 · 06/10/2016, 08:02 PM

Uncertain whether these are snail eggs or something else. Different from what I'm used to for snail eggs. They don't move and eventually hollow out in the center (second image).

Thanks!

BeeJan · 06/11/2016, 07:06 PM

Has anyone seen these before? I have a few in my new tank. I was told they were some sort of coral but I want to double check. Thanks!

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Grimreaperz · 06/12/2016, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sculpin2

Uncertain whether these are snail eggs or something else. Different from what I'm used to for snail eggs. They don't move and eventually hollow out in the center (second image).

Thanks!

Could be Nerite snail eggs, Not 100% on type but yeah they do look like some type of snail eggs.

Effervescentemi · 06/17/2016, 11:20 PM

Hi, I think I have a limpet living on my snail. Are limpets black?

Effervescentemi · 06/17/2016, 11:51 PM

If it is a limpet I shall name him Bizket. How could you not?

Sugar Magnolia · 06/18/2016, 08:13 AM

It's a stomatella snail. Harmless.

pagojoe · 06/26/2016, 05:54 AM

http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/3360_Hipponix_sp.htm

GXPKY · 06/26/2016, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pagojoe

http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/3360_Hipponix_sp.htm

Pretty awesome read, hadnt heard of them.

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Animagus · 06/26/2016, 04:47 PM

Shield?

pagojoe · 06/27/2016, 02:56 AM

Hipponix.

ozreef88 · 06/27/2016, 08:34 PM

So my tank has been cycling with live rock for about 4 days now and a few hitchhikers have started to show their face. Mainly just 2 small crabs that I spotted 2 days ago. This morning I woke up and found this little dude cruising around. I went through this thread and I'm pretty sure it's an Asterina Starfish.

Thoughts?

GXPKY · 06/28/2016, 09:17 AM

Yep, id pluck that asterina out of there, they multiply fast.

- Dennis

ozreef88 · 06/28/2016, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GXPKY

Yep, id pluck that asterina out of there, they multiply fast.

- Dennis

Good to know, thanks!

OllieNZ · 06/30/2016, 10:16 AM

Snail just under the zoa?

pagojoe · 06/30/2016, 12:01 PM

Columbellid

OllieNZ · 06/30/2016, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pagojoe

Columbellid

Thanks

Emmasmum · 07/02/2016, 05:12 PM

image.jpg
Can anyone tell me what this pink stuff is that is starting to appear on my live rock? Is it good or bad to have?

MrHyde · 07/02/2016, 05:17 PM

It might just be red Coralline algae, which is good. If these red areas protrude from the rocks though, then Foraminiferans is another possibility. (also good)

Emmasmum · 07/02/2016, 05:19 PM

image.jpg
Sorry for the two separate posts, but I couldn't get the two images to appear in the one post. This is more of the stuff starting to appear on my live rock. The rock was out of water for six months, and then added to this new tank, with a couple of bits of live rock from the aquarium shop. The tank has been cycling for a week, now.

Emmasmum · 07/02/2016, 05:21 PM

Thank you, Mr Hyde.

PreetSu · 07/08/2016, 11:38 PM

I heard a lock clicking/tapping/popping noise coming from my LR and upon investigation found some crabs. Could these be causing the noise? Or something else? I bought my LR from tampabaysaltwater.com and am BRAND new to saltwater. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

GXPKY · 07/11/2016, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PreetSu

I heard a lock clicking/tapping/popping noise coming from my LR and upon investigation found some crabs. Could these be causing the noise? Or something else? I bought my LR from tampabaysaltwater.com and am BRAND new to saltwater. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Hairy crabs are usually bad and will eat corals.

The other is a porcelain crab. They are filter feeders and a good addition to any reef system. The clicking you hear is most likely a pistol shrimp (not bad, but noisy), and you may also have mantis shrimp (bad if u like having snails, hermits, etc)

-Dennis

BeeJan · 07/12/2016, 06:30 PM

I recently acquired about 140 lb.
of live rock from another reefer that had it in his tank for over 10 years. I've been "cooking" it for a little over 2 weeks now and while I was doing a water change yesterday I noticed some black slime and handful of large white bubbles. Any ideas on what they are?

Thanks!

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06/10/2016, 08:02 PM	#5453
sculpin2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 107	Eggs of ? Uncertain whether these are snail eggs or something else. Different from what I'm used to for snail eggs. They don't move and eventually hollow out in the center (second image). Thanks!

06/18/2016, 08:13 AM	#5458
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	It's a stomatella snail. Harmless. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

06/28/2016, 09:17 AM	#5464
GXPKY Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 235	Yep, id pluck that asterina out of there, they multiply fast. - Dennis __________________ -Dennis Current Tank Info: 240 Gallon Mixed Reef, 8x2x2, 3x MP40w ES, ASM G6 Skimmer, 90 gallon sump, Bulk Reef Supply GFO/Carbon, 3x 250w MH, 4x 96w PC 460nm actinics.

06/30/2016, 10:16 AM	#5466
OllieNZ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 569	Snail just under the zoa? __________________ "Perhaps it is boredom, not intelligence, that has propelled humans up the evolutionary ladder." _________ Reefed out

07/02/2016, 05:12 PM	#5469
Emmasmum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 5	What is it? image.jpg Can anyone tell me what this pink stuff is that is starting to appear on my live rock? Is it good or bad to have?

06/08/2016, 09:22 PM	#5451
blitz49 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 70	I went through all 218 pages and did not see this hitchhiker. I can see this hitchhiker becoming a pest, so can someone help me ID. Looks different from hydroids.

06/09/2016, 08:24 AM	#5452
killinit123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: upstate New York Posts: 611	hydroids maybe?

06/11/2016, 07:06 PM	#5454
BeeJan Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 18	Has anyone seen these before? I have a few in my new tank. I was told they were some sort of coral but I want to double check. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/17/2016, 11:51 PM	#5457
Effervescentemi Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: BC Canada Posts: 18	If it is a limpet I shall name him Bizket. How could you not?

06/26/2016, 05:54 AM	#5459
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/3360_Hipponix_sp.htm

06/26/2016, 04:47 PM	#5461
Animagus Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 296	Shield?

06/27/2016, 02:56 AM	#5462
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Hipponix.

06/27/2016, 08:34 PM	#5463
ozreef88 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Gold Coast QLD, Australia Posts: 38	So my tank has been cycling with live rock for about 4 days now and a few hitchhikers have started to show their face. Mainly just 2 small crabs that I spotted 2 days ago. This morning I woke up and found this little dude cruising around. I went through this thread and I'm pretty sure it's an Asterina Starfish. Thoughts?

06/30/2016, 12:01 PM	#5467
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Columbellid

07/02/2016, 05:17 PM	#5470
MrHyde Registered Member. Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 99	It might just be red Coralline algae, which is good. If these red areas protrude from the rocks though, then Foraminiferans is another possibility. (also good)

07/02/2016, 05:19 PM	#5471
Emmasmum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 5	More pink stuff. image.jpg Sorry for the two separate posts, but I couldn't get the two images to appear in the one post. This is more of the stuff starting to appear on my live rock. The rock was out of water for six months, and then added to this new tank, with a couple of bits of live rock from the aquarium shop. The tank has been cycling for a week, now.

07/02/2016, 05:21 PM	#5472
Emmasmum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 5	Thank you, Mr Hyde.

07/12/2016, 06:30 PM	#5475
BeeJan Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 18	I recently acquired about 140 lb. of live rock from another reefer that had it in his tank for over 10 years. I've been "cooking" it for a little over 2 weeks now and while I was doing a water change yesterday I noticed some black slime and handful of large white bubbles. Any ideas on what they are? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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