ID Please

[CrOsSwIrE]

I just have a few items that I could used ids on, and what I need to feed them if anything...

I know these are christmas tree worms, but just want to know what to feed them...

I think these are zooanthids, but I would like to know what type. They just recently got the green color...

and I have no idea what this is.... It looks pretty cool though

Any help here would be appreciated.

~Mike

 

[clutch]

Christmas tree worm i think pic 1 and looks like sun phylops pic 2

 

[mbbuna]

the first ones are spirobranchus(christmas tree worms) and they need live phytoplankton and micro-zooplankton.

second look like palythoa but i cant be sure

3rd no way to know

 

[clutch]

opps pi2 looks like button phylops and 3 is sun

 

[bertoni]

The second picture looks pretty blurry to me, and the animals look like mushroom corals (Actinodiscus) from what I can see. The last picture looks like corals without photosynthetic symbionts. Do they have a stony skeleton? They will need feeding to survive.

A good phytoplankton product like DT's or BioPlankton will help feed the worms.

 

[CrOsSwIrE]

yes those little white caps are boney, and they have little tentacles coming out of them. and what are photosynthetic symbionts?

 

[CrOsSwIrE]

And if it matters, the closer I get them to light the longer the tenticals come out. that and they dont like the powerhead directly

 

[CrOsSwIrE]

here is another picture of the third one... hope it helps

thanks,

~mike

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7294293#post7294293 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CrOsSwIrE
and what are photosynthetic symbionts?

symbiotic algae. that means they house algae that relies on light to supply themselves with food

 

[mbbuna]

from those pics you still cant tell what they are. you will need to get a full light shot of them to be sure

 

[CrOsSwIrE]

darn the vho lights... I cant get a good pic without having it look like garbage... I'm going to grab my no lights to see what happens...

 

[mbbuna]

take your time my friend, we will be here tomorrow

 

[CrOsSwIrE]

I'm going to burn my camera... I cant wait till that rebel xt gets here