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

[SaltwaterTeabag]

New to saltwater tanks

New to saltwater tanks

Just started a 60 gal. Tank. Live rock 50lbs,sand 60lbs, sump with skimmer and Kessel lighting. Tank is 4 days old, all saltwater and live rocks came from my LFS.
I am waiting for the tank to cycle before adding anything but noticed some things popping out and not sure what I'm looking at.
Hope pictures are good enough. Thanks!

 

[SaltwaterTeabag]

Trying to use my phone.

 

[cloak]

Just started a 60 gal. Tank. Live rock 50lbs,sand 60lbs, sump with skimmer and Kessel lighting. Tank is 4 days old, all saltwater and live rocks came from my LFS.
I am waiting for the tank to cycle before adding anything but noticed some things popping out and not sure what I'm looking at.
Hope pictures are good enough. Thanks!

This one might be a Foraminiferan. (harmless)

 

[cloak]

Trying to use my phone.

I'm not really sure about these, but if I had to guess I'd say a sponge of some sort. (harmless0

 

[SaltwaterTeabag]

I'm not really sure about these, but if I had to guess I'd say a sponge of some sort. (harmless0

Thanks Cloak!!!!! I will keep watching to see how they develop.:dance:

 

[StangLvr78]

Can Anyone tell me what these are?

Can Anyone tell me what these are?

The thing with the orange on it and what kind of hermit crabs are these?

 

[itworks]

Is this baby Aiptasia?

Is this baby Aiptasia?

Hello, Is this baby aiptasia? There all over my sand bed, some on the rocks.

Thanks.

 

[cloak]

It sure looks like it. If you haven't already, you might want to give a couple Peppermint shrimp a try. GL

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/33-reefkeeping-101-

 

[itworks]

Thanks for the link. That's some good information on the Nudibranch. I may have to try them, if the peppermints don't work.

 

[lclark209]

Curious about the green algae around the nem. Its not slimy like I'm used to GHA being, it's actually kind of stiff. Any ideas? Will turbo snails go after this stuff?

 

[cloak]

Maybe this link will help with an ID

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsegroupspecies.php?GroupID=88

 

[lclark209]

Maybe this link will help with an ID

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsegroupspecies.php?GroupID=88

Thanks cloak! That link was perfect. Looking at the pics and descriptions, I think it may be a form of chaeto. I always thought it resembled chaeto but had only seen the clump type that floats in my fuge.

I guess it's just preference now if I want to keep it. I don't mind it too much but it's getting a little unruly. Anyone know of any critters that like to munch chaeto? Hermits, turbos, maybe an urchin?

 

[XylemUP]

Lots of sweet pictures in this thread.... Lol

A veritable treasure trove of knowledge!!

 

[mcavoy]

added live rock yesterday and would like help id
first pix the little brown thing it has about five polyps?
2 center right its hard to see but it has puffy brown tentacles
3 scallop maybe it has red fleshy thing protruding
4 the green thing ill call it a tree
5 coral ? it looks damaged might it survive

 

[mcavoy]

6 brown and whit feather duster?
7 idk creepy in the rock
8 looked like a rock for a couple of hours now reddish orange with a silky string like excretion

 

[StangLvr78]

Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of parasite and if it is how do I kill it

 

[alexander_ktn]

Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of parasite and if it is how do I kill it

looks like a harmless limpet from below.

 

[alexander_ktn]

added live rock yesterday and would like help id
first pix the little brown thing it has about five polyps?
2 center right its hard to see but it has puffy brown tentacles
3 scallop maybe it has red fleshy thing protruding
4 the green thing ill call it a tree
5 coral ? it looks damaged might it survive

1) Some LPS - hard to say which, though. I would guess a Faviid.
2) Either a pest anemone or a small piece of brown algae (think kelp)
3) A bivalve or the siphons of an ascidian, can't id further.
4) A Halimeda species (a calcerous green algae species)
5) An LPS - looks like Trachyphyllia or similar - can definitely survive and worth caring for.

 

[alexander_ktn]

6 brown and whit feather duster?
7 idk creepy in the rock
8 looked like a rock for a couple of hours now reddish orange with a silky string like excretion

6) Yes
7) Pest anemone (Aiptasia)
8) A sponge or a large ascidian, hard to say, though - might be something else.

 

[alexander_ktn]

The thing with the orange on it and what kind of hermit crabs are these?

I'd think a Pagurus species but am no expert on hermit crabs...

Second could be a tunicate colony or something completely different...