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Unread 08/16/2017, 04:46 AM   #6051
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Is this Aptasia?

Day 11 of cycling a new tank with live rock and these have started popping up only on one rock at the moment
Sure looks like it to me. Get rid of it while you can!


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Unread 08/16/2017, 12:01 PM   #6052
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can anyone help with this one

a couple of these white things have started grown on my rock. anyone know what there are?

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Unread 08/16/2017, 03:36 PM   #6053
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The first one looks like a pineapple sponge, harmless.

I'm less sure of the second. It sure looks like a sponge, but I can't say 100% for sure.


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Unread 08/22/2017, 06:08 PM   #6054
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Came home from a 4 day Eclipse trip and noticed a few new things on a piece of LR...



I think the blue arrow points to some more tunicates, but I'm not 100% sure.

I have no clue what the things are the red arrow is pointing too, but there are a bunch of them as you can see.


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Unread 08/22/2017, 06:12 PM   #6055
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This feather duster went unnoticed for a long time, but seems to have grown quite a bit while we were gone.



I think the things the red arrows are point to in this photo might be sponges, but can anyone ID them as something else?


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Unread 08/23/2017, 09:51 AM   #6056
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Found this scurrying around my new Maxima clam. Very fast moving critter. Had to blow them off the shell and suck them up with a dropper. There were 4 that I could find. Are these bad, or are they common amphipods that can be put into the refugium?

I'm concerned because I can't dip the clam and I'm not positive that I got all of them off the shell.


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Unread 08/26/2017, 08:07 PM   #6057
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are they common amphipods that can be put into the refugium?
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I think the things the red arrows are point to in this photo might be sponges, but can anyone ID them as something else?
Sponge.


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Unread 08/27/2017, 05:43 AM   #6058
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Yep. Sponge.
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Unread 08/28/2017, 08:54 PM   #6059
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Can anyone tell me what this is growing on my LR. It has been that size for a while now. Is it a concern?



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Unread 08/28/2017, 10:19 PM   #6060
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Flesh eating bacteria. JK it's sponges.
probably.

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Unread 08/29/2017, 05:02 AM   #6061
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Looks like sponges to me as well. They should be harmless filter feeders and you'll be lucky if they survive in your tank long term. Most, not all, but most sponges don't survive long term in an aquarium.


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Unread 08/30/2017, 02:05 PM   #6062
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Sorry, I know these are not the best pics. But is this a Bristleworm?





He does not look bushy enough to me to be a bristleworm.


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Unread 09/02/2017, 07:56 PM   #6063
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Sorry, I know these are not the best pics. But is this a Bristleworm?





He does not look bushy enough to me to be a bristleworm.
Yes it is. Juvenile


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Unread 09/03/2017, 10:51 AM   #6064
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Yes it is. Juvenile
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Unread 09/05/2017, 05:46 PM   #6065
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Some pics of a hitchhiker anemone that came in on a mariculture a while back, anyone know what it is? Last pic is semi closed for a better view of its foot.

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Unread 09/05/2017, 06:40 PM   #6066
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Here's a better pic. Under 18k lighting.

No clue what species of anemone it is, really cool looking, but obviously don't want a pest if it is.

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May have figured it out, closest thing I can find is that it is a hermit crab anemone of some sort

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Unread 09/07/2017, 02:33 PM   #6068
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Snail eggs?

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Unread 09/08/2017, 08:09 PM   #6069
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Unread 09/12/2017, 12:23 AM   #6071
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any thoughts as to what this may be?




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Unread 09/12/2017, 08:37 AM   #6072
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Kind of looks like a feather duster covered in sand or something.


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Unread 09/15/2017, 09:30 PM   #6073
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Came home from a 4 day Eclipse trip and noticed a few new things on a piece of LR...



I think the blue arrow points to some more tunicates, but I'm not 100% sure.

I have no clue what the things are the red arrow is pointing too, but there are a bunch of them as you can see.
I have a bunch of these as well. They full crevices all over the tank, but haven't really "taken over" or anything in the 18 months I've had my tank. Pretty sure they are little clove polyps.


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Unread 09/16/2017, 01:11 AM   #6074
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I have a bunch of these as well. They full crevices all over the tank, but haven't really "taken over" or anything in the 18 months I've had my tank. Pretty sure they are little clove polyps.
Thanks for the additional info. So they don't appear to be causing any issues for your tank?


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Unread 09/16/2017, 12:27 PM   #6075
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Thanks for the additional info. So they don't appear to be causing any issues for your tank?
I have been waiting patiently hoping that you got a definitive response to this as I also have had a small colony of these appear in my tank and came to the same conclusion as the person you're quoting. So far no issues for me.


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