Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 187

homer1475 · 03/24/2015, 12:44 PM

Ok heres one for you, I'm thinking brittle star, but I only see one or 2 legs if it is. I also have several of these spread over my live rock, and they always come out from a hole in the rock. I have never seen more than one or 2 legs(shoots?) thats why it has me confused as to maybe not being a brittle star.

alexander_ktn · 03/24/2015, 12:46 PM

@guigui: Some keep them, others consider them a pest (like Pumping Xenia). I'd keep it and if it multiplies too much I'd use kalk paste to keep it in check.

homer1475 · 03/24/2015, 12:47 PM

So they are brittle stars?

alexander_ktn · 03/24/2015, 12:48 PM

Sorry the message was for guigui...

Yours is a harmless hydrozoon: http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/7144_Zanclea_sp01.htm

homer1475 · 03/24/2015, 01:56 PM

Thanks again Alexander ktn!!

Without people like you, this forum would be useless.

alexander_ktn · 03/24/2015, 02:01 PM

Thanks & you're welcome.

Guy Fawkes · 03/24/2015, 08:11 PM

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427249477.896402.jpg

New thing in my tank

alexander_ktn · 03/25/2015, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guy Fawkes

Attachment 312392

New thing in my tank

It's a Stomatella snail - beneficial algae eaters.

seahorsedreams · 03/25/2015, 09:16 PM

That's hydroids, Homer.

pagojoe · 03/26/2015, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfsolo

Any idea what kind of snail this is?

Is it good or bad?

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It's probably a juvenile Morula anaxares, a kind of ergalataxine muricid. Some of their relatives feed on corals, some on other animals. They are all carnivorous.

http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_4762.shtml

Cheers,

Don

SaltwaterTeabag · 03/26/2015, 02:12 PM

Just started a 60 gal. Tank. Live rock 50lbs,sand 60lbs, sump with skimmer and Kessel lighting. Tank is 4 days old, all saltwater and live rocks came from my LFS.
I am waiting for the tank to cycle before adding anything but noticed some things popping out and not sure what I'm looking at.
Hope pictures are good enough. Thanks!

SaltwaterTeabag · 03/26/2015, 02:19 PM

Trying to use my phone.

cloak · 03/26/2015, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaltwaterTeabag

Just started a 60 gal. Tank. Live rock 50lbs,sand 60lbs, sump with skimmer and Kessel lighting. Tank is 4 days old, all saltwater and live rocks came from my LFS.
I am waiting for the tank to cycle before adding anything but noticed some things popping out and not sure what I'm looking at.
Hope pictures are good enough. Thanks!

This one might be a Foraminiferan. (harmless)

cloak · 03/26/2015, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaltwaterTeabag

Trying to use my phone.

I'm not really sure about these, but if I had to guess I'd say a sponge of some sort. (harmless0

SaltwaterTeabag · 03/26/2015, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

I'm not really sure about these, but if I had to guess I'd say a sponge of some sort. (harmless0

Thanks Cloak!!!!! I will keep watching to see how they develop.

StangLvr78 · 03/31/2015, 08:47 AM

The thing with the orange on it and what kind of hermit crabs are these?

itworks · 03/31/2015, 11:42 AM

Hello, Is this baby aiptasia? There all over my sand bed, some on the rocks.

Thanks.

cloak · 03/31/2015, 11:51 AM

It sure looks like it. If you haven't already, you might want to give a couple Peppermint shrimp a try. GL

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....efkeeping-101-

itworks · 03/31/2015, 02:54 PM

Thanks for the link. That's some good information on the Nudibranch. I may have to try them, if the peppermints don't work.

lclark209 · 04/01/2015, 02:42 PM

Curious about the green algae around the nem. Its not slimy like I'm used to GHA being, it's actually kind of stiff. Any ideas? Will turbo snails go after this stuff?

cloak · 04/01/2015, 02:50 PM

Maybe this link will help with an ID

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLi...php?GroupID=88

lclark209 · 04/01/2015, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Maybe this link will help with an ID

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLi...php?GroupID=88

Thanks cloak! That link was perfect. Looking at the pics and descriptions, I think it may be a form of chaeto. I always thought it resembled chaeto but had only seen the clump type that floats in my fuge.

I guess it's just preference now if I want to keep it. I don't mind it too much but it's getting a little unruly. Anyone know of any critters that like to munch chaeto? Hermits, turbos, maybe an urchin?

XylemUP · 04/02/2015, 05:24 AM

Lots of sweet pictures in this thread.... Lol

A veritable treasure trove of knowledge!!

mcavoy · 04/03/2015, 08:35 AM

added live rock yesterday and would like help id
first pix the little brown thing it has about five polyps?
2 center right its hard to see but it has puffy brown tentacles
3 scallop maybe it has red fleshy thing protruding
4 the green thing ill call it a tree
5 coral ? it looks damaged might it survive

mcavoy · 04/03/2015, 08:40 AM

6 brown and whit feather duster?
7 idk creepy in the rock
8 looked like a rock for a couple of hours now reddish orange with a silky string like excretion

03/24/2015, 12:46 PM	#4652
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	@guigui: Some keep them, others consider them a pest (like Pumping Xenia). I'd keep it and if it multiplies too much I'd use kalk paste to keep it in check. Last edited by alexander_ktn; 03/24/2015 at 12:49 PM. Reason: clarification

03/25/2015, 09:16 PM	#4659
seahorsedreams Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,993	That's hydroids, Homer. __________________ RENEE aka R. Hixson-Cole in a ReefLife Magazine near you! a.k.a Lionfish Lair

03/31/2015, 08:47 AM	#4666
StangLvr78 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 73	Can Anyone tell me what these are? The thing with the orange on it and what kind of hermit crabs are these?

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03/24/2015, 12:44 PM	#4651
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Ok heres one for you, I'm thinking brittle star, but I only see one or 2 legs if it is. I also have several of these spread over my live rock, and they always come out from a hole in the rock. I have never seen more than one or 2 legs(shoots?) thats why it has me confused as to maybe not being a brittle star.

03/24/2015, 12:47 PM	#4653
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	So they are brittle stars?

03/24/2015, 12:48 PM	#4654
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Sorry the message was for guigui... Yours is a harmless hydrozoon: http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/7144_Zanclea_sp01.htm

03/24/2015, 01:56 PM	#4655
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Thanks again Alexander ktn!! Without people like you, this forum would be useless.

03/24/2015, 02:01 PM	#4656
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Thanks & you're welcome.

03/24/2015, 08:11 PM	#4657
Guy Fawkes Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 170	ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427249477.896402.jpg New thing in my tank

03/31/2015, 11:51 AM	#4668
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	It sure looks like it. If you haven't already, you might want to give a couple Peppermint shrimp a try. GL http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....efkeeping-101-

03/31/2015, 02:54 PM	#4669
itworks Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 14	Thanks for the link. That's some good information on the Nudibranch. I may have to try them, if the peppermints don't work.

04/01/2015, 02:42 PM	#4670
lclark209 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 136	Curious about the green algae around the nem. Its not slimy like I'm used to GHA being, it's actually kind of stiff. Any ideas? Will turbo snails go after this stuff?

04/01/2015, 02:50 PM	#4671
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Maybe this link will help with an ID http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLi...php?GroupID=88

04/02/2015, 05:24 AM	#4673
XylemUP Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 9	Lots of sweet pictures in this thread.... Lol A veritable treasure trove of knowledge!!