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Unread 02/15/2018, 08:12 AM   #6276
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Not on my rock, but it caught a ride on my new Blue Tux.

There are (or were, seems like they've moved individually) in two small clumps about the area of a nickle, and were all clumped on small bits of hair algae.


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Unread 02/15/2018, 09:12 AM   #6277
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A couple things in your photo so not sure what you're referring to. I think that's anthelia in the middle


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Unread 02/15/2018, 09:22 AM   #6278
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A couple things in your photo so not sure what you're referring to. I think that's anthelia in the middle
Aye, everything else is an empty shell and one live hermit. I'm taking about the lilac-colored thing in the midfle, looks kind of like a 5-fingered anemone. To the back right is the cluster, with some bubble algae the mass of these things is clinging to (or vice versa).


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Unread 02/15/2018, 09:24 AM   #6279
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Aye, everything else is an empty shell and one live hermit. I'm taking about the lilac-colored thing in the midfle, looks kind of like a 5-fingered anemone. To the back right is the cluster, with some bubble algae the mass of these things is clinging to (or vice versa).
Middle* and back left*
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Unread 02/15/2018, 10:00 AM   #6280
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We're talking bout the same thing.
Yeah, I'm going with anthelia. Remove it now. At least, anthelias growing mannerisms (fast, overtops SPS, competes for space with zoas, etc) make it such that I have only seen anthelia done well in few tanks
Don't and you'll be constantly scraping it off of rocks. Ask me how I know.


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Unread 02/15/2018, 02:37 PM   #6281
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I almost thought it looked like Clove Polyps


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Unread 02/15/2018, 02:41 PM   #6282
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Anyone know what these are?

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Unread 02/15/2018, 04:56 PM   #6283
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The first picture looks like worm casings of some sort, (harmless) the second one might be a Majano anemone. (bad)


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Unread 02/15/2018, 05:18 PM   #6284
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Did some redecorating and stuck them on a skeleton for some better images.


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Unread 02/16/2018, 08:12 AM   #6285
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Found this in my tank, looks like it was grazing on the algae and tend to hide when I switched on the lights and fast enough to hide in its hole before I use my phone camera flash .

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Some little worm of some type. Not a problem. Cute little bugger.



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Unread 02/16/2018, 08:15 AM   #6286
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Thanks AlSommons... sounds like these are good to have. So far I have lots as there is nothing to eat them at this point.

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Very beneficial. People pay to buy those for their tank. Fish love to eat them.


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Unread 02/16/2018, 08:19 AM   #6287
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On the second thought, I cannot completely disagree on the identification. Thought the tank has been running without fish for last 2-3 months but do feed my corals occasionally and can see bristleworms thriving.
I'm a bit worried at this point as there are at least 5-6 such worms that I can find with only red lights on and expect a lot more to be hiding. The largest I can see is hardly 2 inch long and around 1mm thick, probably the only way to catch them would be something like a planaria trap that we use in Freshwater tanks.
Here's a recent pic, probably this will help in positive identification.

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I don’t know exactly what it is, but I’ve got lots of different kinds of small worms in my 10 year old 500 gallon tank. (Those tiny flat worms are the only ones that have ever been trouble and this isn’t that.) Think of your tank as a healthy “garden” like microcosm and enjoy these little critters. It isn’t going to hurt anything and is just part of the natural wonder of the tank.


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Unread 02/16/2018, 12:02 PM   #6288
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I don’t know exactly what it is, but I’ve got lots of different kinds of small worms in my 10 year old 500 gallon tank. (Those tiny flat worms are the only ones that have ever been trouble and this isn’t that.) Think of your tank as a healthy “garden” like microcosm and enjoy these little critters. It isn’t going to hurt anything and is just part of the natural wonder of the tank.


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Dorvilleidae. (harmless)

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Unread 02/16/2018, 08:19 PM   #6289
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Unread 02/21/2018, 08:53 PM   #6290
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Any idea what the black things are. They look like a flat worm. All the sudden I have hundreds.

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Unread 02/27/2018, 03:53 AM   #6291
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Whats this plant. Think my shrimp or lawnmower made one to away.

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Unread 02/27/2018, 07:25 AM   #6292
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Whats this plant. Think my shrimp or lawnmower made one to away.

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Aptasia anemone. Can be pests.


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Unread 02/27/2018, 09:29 AM   #6293
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How do remove it? Or will my Benny eat it
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Unread 02/27/2018, 10:39 AM   #6294
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Peppermint shrimp have been known to eat these things. You could also inject it with boiling water, kalk paste or just remove the rock and burn it off with a cigarette lighter. This only takes a few seconds to do.


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Unread 03/02/2018, 06:55 PM   #6295
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Very Interesting


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Unread 03/07/2018, 03:03 PM   #6296
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Pests with live rock

So after reading and re-reading things. I have a chance to have anything and everything in my tank that can hitch hike on the live rock?


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Unread 03/07/2018, 07:12 PM   #6297
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So after reading and re-reading things. I have a chance to have anything and everything in my tank that can hitch hike on the live rock?
It's true! You can catch them all!


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Unread 03/07/2018, 11:48 PM   #6298
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I just found this black bubble looking thing in my tank between two pieces of live rock. Any idea what it could be? Has holes you can see in the picture. IMG_2339.jpg


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Unread 03/08/2018, 07:29 AM   #6299
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Looks like tunicates, harmless.


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Unread 03/08/2018, 09:28 AM   #6300
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I just googled it. So many colorful variations and the ones in my tank are just black/grey....


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