Over 260+ items identified - by picture!

[Silver_Stang]

can you identify these which are growing on a rock in my tank:

the picture is blurry but i can't seem to get my digital camera to focus on the tank correctly. also, where should i put these in my tank so they flourish, the top or bottem, more or less current, or does it not matter. I have 65 *2 watt PC fixture, the bulbs are 420, 480 nm and 10000k and 6500k. thanks

 

[melev]

Those look like mushrooms - possibly ricordia. They love light and can be in full lighting. Since you have PCs, anywhere bright in the tank will be good.

 

[Bantamman]

Great site for those of us that are new to the hobby.
Fantastico
Greg G.

 

[melev]

Thanks Greg.

 

[puffer21]

thank you for the help

 

[guara]

graet website

 

[melev]

Thanks.

 

[scottwatzz]

Very excellent job with pics. Marc & great info 2!!!! About the mangrove in you're sump, do you have a seperate light for it?? I have just purchased one & have it in the same place. The seller recommended keep n low light for a few days. Any ideas?? Thanks a bunch!!

 

[cuti_75]

Awesome page, tons of informations. Thanks alot Marc

 

[melev]

scottwatzz & cuti_75,

[welcome]

The refugium lightbulb I use over the macro algae works well with the mangroves as well. Take a look at this page, and be sure tos scroll down to the latest information. http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

Thanks guys.

 

[melev]

The ID page has 173 items now. Some recent additions:

Pyramid Snails - predators of zoanthids
Copepods - very tiny and the food mandarins crave
Scypha Sponges - often seen in overflow boxes and undersides of rocks
Blue Chromis - schooling fish
Cerith Snails - good clean up crew workers
Isopods - good guys

 

[Natterjak]

Just wanted to say thanks again, Marc, for your site, it helped me to identify a bunch of cerith snail eggs. When I saw them in my tank, I had no idea if they were good or bad, and thought there would be no way for me to ID them, and figured I'd check out your site, even though I thought it would be a long shot. I couldn't believe you had a picture!

 

[melev]

If I can either get the picture from my own tank or if someone gives me a good image, I'll use it. On my ID page, there are a few donated images (10?), but the rest have come from my reef tanks over the past few years.

I'd like to get a picture of a peanut worm one day, but haven't had a good opportunity since upgrading to the 280g reef.

I'm glad it helped Bonnie.

 

[melev]

A few more creatures have been added today:

Purple Nudibranch
Diadema Urchin
Black Stomatella
Acro Crab

 

[jimbo045]

Nice page with lots of littlt detailed names.

 

[Mongonius]

Thanks a lot. This was a big help.

 

[puffer21]

thank you for the site i had this clear thing in my tank i look at your site and i found out it was just a flatworm and that i dont have to worry your site is way faster than a google seach on clear animal is sw tank

 

[melev]

I appreciate your responses. I'll keep adding things as the opportunity arises.

 

[shel3702]

This is really great, Good Sir! Question: Do cyanobacteria patches always have those little bubble-like things as shown in your photo?

Tim

 

[melev]

For the most part, yes. During the lighting cycle, bubbles form under the mat and push up through it. Also, at night when the lights are out, cyano just seems to almost go away, with only some brown hairs flapping in the current. It darkens as the day progresses, and usually can be siphoned right out of the tank with airline tubing.