Help from COMAS

[Travis L. Stevens]

I need a few volunteers to bring nuisances from their tanks. Don't worry, you can remain annonymous. The list below is what I would like to bring for the presentation this Saturday. Also, if you have any others that are not listed, please bring them and we can have a discussion aside from the presentation. For example, I will be bringing some Rissoid or Pyramid Snails (True ID is being done under a microscope by Dr. Ron Shimek). They look so similar, we're just going to call them Pyramid Snails.

Hair Algae (Any type. Green prefered. Will accept Bryopsis)
Bubble Algae (Green Prefered, but Red shouldn't be neglected)
Caulerpa (C. taxifolia prefered, but all types are welcome. The more invasive, the better)
Aiptasia (preferably alive and not dead and melting)
Asterina Starfish (There is no way to tell if they will eat coral tissue, so any will due)
Flatworms (Red prefered, but if you have any benign or other malignant flatworms such as Acropora Eating Flatworms will be nice)
Bristleworms (Any and all bristleworms)
Red Bugs (Good luck, but it's a stab in the dark)
Nudibranchs (Montipora or Zoanthid eating Nudibranchs would be nice)

OTHER, Not Necessary
Sundial Snails
Pyramid Snails
Dorid or Aeolid Nudibranchs
Anything else.

 

[pwhitby]

Dont forget crabs.......

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I was just about to post that if anyone can bring any Gorilla Crabs, Mantis Shrimp or any other crustaceans such as Ciralonid Isopods, please feel free. I would love to be able to do this presentation and then have a gathering for some hands-on learning of different types of living problems we can have in our tanks. Also, Majanos Anemones would be another good one. April, if you are going to be at the meeting, can you bring an Orange Ball Anemone? Don't worry, we won't harm it. Just as an example of what some might call a nuisance. Also, if anyone wants to bring a tiny sample of some Green Star Polyps or Xenia, feel free. After all, some people have it grow like a weed. Oh and one more example; Hydroids. Colonial or Digitate or any of the above.

 

[Serra]

I will bring some bryopsis.

 

[poke75]

How Many Majonos do you want?!!!!!


Give me a hollar and come get some. We have football starting so I won't be able to come this week.

Steve

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Thanks, Steve. I'll try to get in contact with you later today.

 

[dexterd]

I have some kind of wierd white flat worm i will bring. Doesn't seem to hurt anyone but I would like to know.
Teresa

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Go for it. I guess we can double this meeting as an Identification session where you can bring up something you don't know what it is. We can use the collective minds of COMAS to figure it out.