Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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More pics! lol
More pics! lol
Ok. Hopefully some easy ones for you awesome ppl on here. :thumbsup:
pic 1. red stuff. coral? I've noticed more and more of this rock turning red everyday and theres red growths just like it popping up everywhere. I'm pretty sure it's not coralline as theres some growing on the one side of the rock, this is just such a deep vibrant red!
pic 2. Hoping ReeferKimberly sees this one. I think I got a better pic of the 'flesh'? Might this be coming back on me?
Pic 3. white feathery thingies growing off the rock. This is the biggest spot thus far, keeps getting bigger/longer. Keeper?
Anyhoo, sorry If I'm driving you all crazy, I've actually been able to figure out a lot of stuff on my own (believe it or not lol) but some things, I just don't know where to start looking.
Any info would be very helpful and appreciated!!
Cheers
More pics! lol
Ok. Hopefully some easy ones for you awesome ppl on here. :thumbsup:
pic 1. red stuff. coral? I've noticed more and more of this rock turning red everyday and theres red growths just like it popping up everywhere. I'm pretty sure it's not coralline as theres some growing on the one side of the rock, this is just such a deep vibrant red!
pic 2. Hoping ReeferKimberly sees this one. I think I got a better pic of the 'flesh'? Might this be coming back on me?
Pic 3. white feathery thingies growing off the rock. This is the biggest spot thus far, keeps getting bigger/longer. Keeper?
Anyhoo, sorry If I'm driving you all crazy, I've actually been able to figure out a lot of stuff on my own (believe it or not lol) but some things, I just don't know where to start looking.
Any info would be very helpful and appreciated!!
Cheers
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Mikesull415
New member
Did some digging. I think the first one is a squat lobster. Still have no idea about the other two. Any ideas?
here's some I'd LOVE to know what they are. All three came in on the same piece of live rock.
SushiGirl
Premium Member
Everyone isn't on here non-stop all day/all night. 9 hours is not a long time for this kind of thing. I can't see your pics at all on the computer, just on my phone. It's a harmless bivalve.
Andi, 3rd pic are foraminiferans, pic 1 may be also, hard to tell. I'm not any good with baby/recovering coral ID. My album has a lot of pics with names on them you can go through if you're having a hard time finding critters (click on my name, then my Homepage link).
Mike, 1st ID is correct. Have you tried here to see if you can find some of the crabs? Not sure if someone suggested that or not, I've been working too much lately!
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ReeferKimberly
Marley & Me
I can never seen tapatalk pics until someone quotes them like sugar did. I guess I will start quoting them even if I don't know what they are. Maybe you upload them somewhere else and put them here, like tumblr? I don't know how tapatalk works really, but I hate it because I can never seen the pictures.
Andi yes that is definitely coral flesh. It has a chance and is not dead yet. I still think it is a lobophyllia. An LPS, not the easiest coral like the softs, especially going through a cycle but you never know
I have no idea what any of those crab/lobsters are but just wanted to say they are very pretty!
Andi yes that is definitely coral flesh. It has a chance and is not dead yet. I still think it is a lobophyllia. An LPS, not the easiest coral like the softs, especially going through a cycle but you never know
I have no idea what any of those crab/lobsters are but just wanted to say they are very pretty!
ReeferKimberly
Marley & Me
I'm about to give up with this..... Here's a closer pic.
Please, someone must know what kind of creature this is???
I just quoted to see what Sushi was seeing. Yes she is right. Some kind of bivalve. Like a clam or mussel or something.
Mikesull415
New member
Thanks sushigirl. I actually have seen that site, it's one that led me to the squat lobster. Believe me I've searched till I was blue in the face. Don't know if you watched the youtube videos of them I posted but they're pretty cool. The blue one is my favorite. Long arms on him. The other one is kind of scary looking. Lol
pagojoe
Team RC
Specifically, it's Acar plicata, a kind of Ark Clam. They are normally attached under dead coral slabs, but will detach and move if they don't like where they end up. They can climb aquarium walls like a snail.
Cheers,
Don
I saw this snail? It have the body of a snail but it was very hard to tell if it has a shell. The "snail" is black and the back of him is blue.
It's right in the center. Sorry about fuzzy pic my phone sucks for pics.
Antonbarron
New member
Sounds like a stomatella snail but can't tell from the pic.
It is a stomatella. Harmless grazer.
They come in many different colors. 
MSreefdoc
New member
zsxking, It is very possible. The condition the zoa was in(due to it's previous tank quality or due to trauma) could have been something that would take time to recover. Also you may have perfect water quality, but you may also have slightly less than perfect water quality(still allowing another less stressed colony to open up) causing recovery of the zoa to take longer than usual. It may never recover if the tank water isn't close to perfect.
