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

[ReeferKimberly]

Oh thank you, I knew, I just had never seen one on the glass before.... at least not such a large one But thank you nonetheless! I did not know the scientific name, just spaghetti worm. Nice link, lots of good info. I have many in the sand but glanced and saw this one out and got a little bit of the creeps! Sorry for no obligatory kitteh shot though They were all asleep.

 

[RJaeger]

Maybe some sort of little snail?




Found this thing after I bought some new rocks. The store thinks its a small coral because the rocks were kept in the frag tanks refugium. First was when I first got it second is how it looks now, one week later.

Anyone know what these things are?

Thanks

 

[SushiGirl]

To RJaeger, who posted but it's not showing, 1st is a harmless Collonista snail. Not sure on the cora, can't tell on my phone.

 

[boogly]

After 109 pages I think I've been needlessly worried about some about some fan worms/feather dusters being aiptasia which is quite a relief.

Can I get an ID on this guy? He was stuck on the glass one day. I've seen others but he's the biggest I've seen yet. He was about an inch long:

 

[SushiGirl]

Looks like a featherduster out of its tube.

 

[Ptyochromis]

After 109 pages I think I've been needlessly worried about some about some fan worms/feather dusters being aiptasia which is quite a relief.

Can I get an ID on this guy? He was stuck on the glass one day. I've seen others but he's the biggest I've seen yet. He was about an inch long:

looks like a hydrozoa of some sort.

 

[Ptyochromis]

What about these.
Second picture is some type of button? The last picture is a open brain but it has a mollusk and a dead coral beside it. But my question is, what should I do to help it with some room. Its tightly in there.

Pic 3 and 4 I would just leave them be, give them some time to settle in. Pic 5, give the coral some breathing room, break away some of the LR above it with pliers. Otherwise I wouldn't do too much, everything seems to be doing rather well.
Pic 1 is more Cladocora arbuscula
Pic 2 looks like more Meristiella sp.
Pic 3, possible Montastrea

Either way; that is some brilliant LR you have.

 

[SushiGirl]

Could be that, too. Hard to tell even zoomed in on my phone.

 

[Dctrojan]

Pic 3 and 4 I would just leave them be, give them some time to settle in. Pic 5, give the coral some breathing room, break away some of the LR above it with pliers. Otherwise I wouldn't do too much, everything seems to be doing rather well.
Pic 1 is more Cladocora arbuscula
Pic 2 looks like more Meristiella sp.
Pic 3, possible Montastrea

Either way; that is some brilliant LR you have.

Thanks for the help. It was amazing liverock. My tank literally never cycled and its been going 6 weeks. And everything is growing like crazy . Ive got all kinds of macro algae growing.

 

[RJaeger]

Try again. Does anyone know what this is?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Majano, pest anemone.

 

[Hokies83]

What do we have here?

Almost looks like Majanos but i don't think they are just trying to confirm.

I bought this from a members house for a a couple mushrooms on the rock.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Those are palythoas...button polyps. Harmless coral.

 

[SushiGirl]

Adrienne, is it bleached? The color is throwing me off. I've never seen a white majano. I'm having a really hard time IDing it from the pic (which is why I didn't try). I've only looked at it on the phone, but even blown up I can't tell what it is LOL.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yes, it's pretty bleached.

 

[SushiGirl]

Interesting, thanks!

 

[GhostCon1]

Those are palythoas...button polyps. Harmless coral.

Unless you cook 'em :eek2:

 

[ReeferKimberly]

Ok, so what is the difference between green button polyps and palys?

So there is Palythoa sp, and those are green button polyps....

And then all of our special palys....whatever color, whathaveyou....they are actually Zoanthus gigantus if I am understanding this, so why do we call them palys and not giant zoas?

And what is the difference between palythoa and protopalythoa? I am thinking the latter uses sand and other particles in it's stock, from what I have read. Or possibly the other way around if I remembered wrong.

So we have three different things. Palys are Zoanthus ginantus but we call them palys?

Green button polyp are palythoa....and we call them green button polyps....?

And protopalythoas, we call them palys too? But they are totally different from Zoanthus gigantus? Or is protopalythoa wrong if they are really Zoanthus gigantis?

No links allowed! None! You gotta use your own words because links are why I am confused in the first place

I am asking here because I would have IDed those as "green button polyps" which I thought were totally (well a little) different than palys. (when I think paly I think like the ones in my tank such a magicians, eclipse, and all the rest including the fast growing green ones)

This is so confusing!

 

[Ptyochromis]

Unless you cook 'em :eek2:

or touch them

 

[Ptyochromis]

Ok, so what is the difference between green button polyps and palys?

So there is Palythoa sp, and those are green button polyps....

And then all of our special palys....whatever color, whathaveyou....they are actually Zoanthus gigantus if I am understanding this, so why do we call them palys and not giant zoas?

And what is the difference between palythoa and protopalythoa? I am thinking the latter uses sand and other particles in it's stock, from what I have read. Or possibly the other way around if I remembered wrong.

So we have three different things. Palys are Zoanthus ginantus but we call them palys?

Green button polyp are palythoa....and we call them green button polyps....?

And protopalythoas, we call them palys too? But they are totally different from Zoanthus gigantus? Or is protopalythoa wrong if they are really Zoanthus gigantis?

No links allowed! None! You gotta use your own words because links are why I am confused in the first place

I am asking here because I would have IDed those as "green button polyps" which I thought were totally (well a little) different than palys. (when I think paly I think like the ones in my tank such a magicians, eclipse, and all the rest including the fast growing green ones)

This is so confusing!

I should start by saying that Protopalythoa is a less accepted name of Palythoa. It should also be noted that Zoanthus is in a different family than Palythoa. Zoanthus is in the Zoanthidae falmily, where Palythoa is in a the Sphenopidae falmily.

I'm not even going to attempt to stick a common name to any of these. In the end common names don't help anyone understand which coral you are referring to. In the end often several differen't genuses of coral get lumped under 1 common name. Take 'brain coral' for example; people often lump Platygyra, Diplora, Leptastrea and sometimes Trachyphyllia under the name 'brain coral'.

If you wan't to end your confusion, stop using common names and non-academic sources. WoRMS (world register of marine species) is a great resources.