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01/07/2012, 01:05 PM | #176 |
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Could be a barnacle. I had one once: our tanks usually don't have what they need to live.
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01/07/2012, 08:04 PM | #177 |
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How about these little blue tubes amongst the Aiptasia? Some kind of Sponge? How large might they grow?
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01/07/2012, 08:22 PM | #178 |
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Yeah, that's sponge.
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01/11/2012, 12:07 PM | #179 |
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worm?
Cleaning around some rock and found this. Then noticed some growing out of rock too. They extend and contract, becoming short and fat or long and thin as a hair.
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01/11/2012, 06:08 PM | #180 |
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Nearest looks like the extensile part of a peanut worm; but they don't get thread-thin: spionids do...so can spaghetti worms. The good news is all those things are beneficial.
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Fantastic. You are providing a great service to the newbies!
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01/14/2012, 03:31 PM | #182 |
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what are these?
What are these? i just noticed them on my rock. are they good or bad?
They are around 1/4 inch long kind of translucent and they are hart/ brittle. pinkinsh with white on the end and looks like a little tube.
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01/14/2012, 09:37 PM | #183 |
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Those are vermetid snails, I believe there's some info closer to the beginning of this thread. Annoying but not harmful.
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01/15/2012, 10:23 AM | #184 |
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Should have posted this here I guess--- Amphipod? Good thing?
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Have these green protrusions starting to come out of the rock. Smaller ones are very hairy and lime green.
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01/15/2012, 12:17 PM | #186 |
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Amphipods are good.
UCT, that's Neomeris annulata, harmless.
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These snails got mixed in when I was collecting my blue legged hermits in the Florida Keys. Can anyone ID them? They are abount 1/2-3/4" long. They dont seem to be interested in much else but cleaning the glass. Should I let them stay? Sorry the pics arent great.
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Kinda look like dwarf cerith, but hard to tell with the dark pics.
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I'll try to get better pics. Are dwarf ceriths native to the keys cuz there's millions of these guys there. And should I take them out of the tank?
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Just wanted to share my favorite hitch hiker so far, besides a feather duster
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Had a quick question on what these three things are
Ive only had my tank running for a couple weeks now, have been able to identify everything except for these three things... any ideas? |
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danderso, I think they are. I know that reefcleaners.org operates out of Florida and they always carry them.
Cool hitchhiker, Kitsune! Ryan, can you get pics using more light so they're more clear? I can't tell what the first 2 are. The 3rd one I guess you're talking about the maroon spot? If it comes off easily, I'd say cyano, if it has to be scraped to come off, I'd say corraline.
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@SushiGirl:
Isnt s/he cute? I'm already in love with him/her, and I just noticed something else that hitched a ride on that bit of rock, it looks like mini brittle starts, Ill post some photos of them once I get some. Im about to go use some aiptasia-x |
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What is making these little tubes out of my sand around my rock work?
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Thanks for the last quick id which after some more research in the right direction was correct so here is one more please 1/4 long or so pinkish with a flat white tube?? in the center lots of little strands with white tips on the end. Apistasia??
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That's a ball anemone. Some people say they're not pests & don't reproduce quickly, but they're reproducing pretty quickly in my tank and irritating/stinging several of my zoas.
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Sushi, would you have any idea what is making those tubes out of sand on my rock? I have found similar looking "tunnels"/ tubes just under the surface of my sand bed. Just curious as to what makes them.
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Tinny snail id
Tinny snail id?
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Collonista snails, they're fine. I tried to get in this thread earlier & couldn't, but you can let them out of the cup now! LOL
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