Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.

[UCT]

Fantastic. You are providing a great service to the newbies!

 

[bdr]

what are these?

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.

 

[SushiGirl]

Those are vermetid snails, I believe there's some info closer to the beginning of this thread. Annoying but not harmful.

 

[danderso]

Should have posted this here I guess--- Amphipod? Good thing?

 

[UCT]

Have these green protrusions starting to come out of the rock. Smaller ones are very hairy and lime green.

 

[SushiGirl]

Amphipods are good.
UCT, that's Neomeris annulata, harmless.

 

[danderso]

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.

 

[SushiGirl]

Kinda look like dwarf cerith, but hard to tell with the dark pics.

 

[danderso]

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?

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

Just wanted to share my favorite hitch hiker so far, besides a feather duster

 

[ryanpely]

Had a quick question on what these three things are

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?

 

[SushiGirl]

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.

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

@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

 

[Reefing Newbie]

What is making these little tubes out of my sand around my rock work?

 

[bdr]

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??

 

[SushiGirl]

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.

 

[Reefing Newbie]

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.

 

[SushiGirl]

Sounds like spionid worms.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/dualpalps.html

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

Tinny snail id

Tinny snail id

Tinny snail id?

Thats my pinky next to it.

 

[SushiGirl]

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