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Unread 10/20/2017, 11:04 AM   #6101
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Help ID these minuscule creatures

I apologize for the large pics but it was the only way to capture such tiny stuff.

Isopod?



Baby nasarius?



Baby worm? (bristleworm?)


If I am wrong and any of these needs to go, please let me know!

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Unread 10/20/2017, 11:09 AM   #6102
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I apologize for the large pics but it was the only way to capture such tiny stuff.

Isopod?



Baby nasarius?



Baby worm? (bristleworm?)


If I am wrong and any of these needs to go, please let me know!

Thanks!
Yes too the bristle worm and the baby nass
Not sure about iso

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Unread 10/20/2017, 11:13 AM   #6103
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Are these feather dusters? They are just hanging in my sump



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Tubifex worms i tjink

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Unread 10/20/2017, 05:52 PM   #6104
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Help identifying a few hitchhikers

Just bought a new rock (well kind of The. LFS forgot too ring Up the live rock with everything else. And told me not to worry about it perks of being a loyal customer) anyway there's a couple's zoos, softies and tube worms/feather duster's any help identifying please and. Thanks in Advance


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Unread 10/20/2017, 07:03 PM   #6105
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Amazing how new stuff keeps coming out years later. What is this glowing in the center of the pic? Has antennas and moving.

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Unread 10/20/2017, 07:22 PM   #6106
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Nudibranch? (usually bad)


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Unread 10/21/2017, 09:49 AM   #6107
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Any hello on mine??


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Unread 10/21/2017, 02:24 PM   #6108
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Any hello on mine??
Pretty much agree with your ids... prob a paly/softie (kenya tree maybe?)/feather duster

All seem like great hitch hikers

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Unread 10/21/2017, 02:25 PM   #6109
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Amazing how new stuff keeps coming out years later. What is this glowing in the center of the pic? Has antennas and moving.

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Hard to tell need better pic

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Unread 10/25/2017, 03:44 PM   #6110
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This black (very dark green?? life is growing from my rocks over a sponge colony. Coral , algae, sponge other ?????



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Unread 10/26/2017, 05:12 AM   #6111
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This black (very dark green?? life is growing from my rocks over a sponge colony. Coral , algae, sponge other ?????
Looks like a sponge I've seen in other tanks. It tends not to like the light. It should be harmless.


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Unread 11/09/2017, 11:11 AM   #6112
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Any ideas?

Found a bunch of these guys jumping off a piece of rock l bought earlier today. The rock is sitting in a bucket of tank water for now until I️ can ID of these are good or bad


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Unread 11/09/2017, 11:45 AM   #6113
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Amphipod. (good)


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Unread 11/09/2017, 02:46 PM   #6114
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What are these hard tubed "worms"?

Please tell me what these are and if they are good or bad for my reef tank. Thanks for your help.


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Unread 11/10/2017, 02:13 PM   #6115
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Please tell me what these are and if they are good or bad for my reef tank. Thanks for your help.
Looks to me like vermitid snails. They can be a nuisance to corals around them. They coat the area around them with slime to collect food, which aggravates the corals.


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Unread 11/10/2017, 11:14 PM   #6116
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This is aiptasia, correct?



And these are bubble algae?




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Unread 11/10/2017, 11:52 PM   #6117
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This is aiptasia, correct?



And these are bubble algae?

Yup

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Unread 11/13/2017, 10:05 AM   #6118
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Looks to me like vermitid snails. They can be a nuisance to corals around them. They coat the area around them with slime to collect food, which aggravates the corals.
Thanks for your help. I'll keep trying to get rid of them


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Unread 11/13/2017, 06:13 PM   #6119
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Hello! Newbie here, inherited a fairly mature tank. Couple of pictures, perhaps someone can help me identify?
First is maybe 1/2” across. Aptasia?


This is a little smaller, maybe 1/4”.


My toadstool (name is Blob) is Loki g bad. He sometimes get at least 7-8” across, but has been molting and looking bad for about a week and a half. Not there is one finger that seems to be peeking up but the rest of him seems to be in poor shape. Other smaller toads seem to be doing fine, molting and getting bigger. Thoughts?



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Unread 11/13/2017, 06:17 PM   #6120
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Both nuisance anems^

Mojano/Ball anem i think.

Haven't grown toadstool but browning out usually means nitrate too high

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Unread 11/13/2017, 06:42 PM   #6121
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Both nuisance anems^

Mojano/Ball anem i think.

Haven't grown toadstool but browning out usually means nitrate too high

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Yeah, I know the nitrates are high. Waiting for the di to arrive tomorrow so I can complete my ro/di setup and do some large water changes. Sadly, water primer does nothing to the nitrate levels in our water. Thanks for the anem ID!


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Unread 11/14/2017, 07:07 AM   #6122
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The first two are aiptasia and ball anemones.

Leathers are slow to show any change, good or bad. Your's doesn't look too good. There is an issue some leathers develop a rot that hollows them from the inside out. If that's the only leather you have, I be trying to get a frag or 2 started. I'd also consider removing it so it can be inspected more closely.


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Unread 11/14/2017, 04:02 PM   #6123
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I have 3 other leather frags in the tank. Looks even worse today. Perhaps I just put it out of its misery?


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Unread 11/14/2017, 08:53 PM   #6124
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What could be on this snail? Small feather duster?

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Unread 11/15/2017, 02:42 PM   #6125
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It's kind of hard to tell from that picture, but if I had to guess I would go with some type of red macro algae.


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