anthonys51
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Are they harmless. He seemed to hide in the sand during day and eat algae off glass at night
Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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ReefKeep66
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atraperegrinus
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Hey guys I made a post below about these 4 things i dont know, but ill repost it in here hopefully i get more replies.
thanks!
I did a big water change today, and scrubbed away alot of that white crap, and a bunch of my normal algae so hopefully it doesnt come back in force.
thanks!
I did a big water change today, and scrubbed away alot of that white crap, and a bunch of my normal algae so hopefully it doesnt come back in force.
hey guys, i have 4 things I'm curious about.
one is a white slimey algae i have on 2 rocks, and the other 2 are things i just dont know.
heres the white algae - fullsize high res picture.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70013956/2015-06-17 11.54.55.jpg
resized picture
the other thing is this? feather duster or something? not sure, i just noticed it today.
high res first
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70013956/2015-06-17 11.55.29.jpg
and the last thing, if anything.. this wierd abomination not far from the colorful things above
high res pic here
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70013956/2015-06-17 11.55.20.jpg
i have some algae issues at the moment, it was bad before i got the skimmer, things are settling down now, but i have no cuc to help clean it up, so its been slow going.
this clear white crap is scaring me though it also took over the backside of another rock. what the heck is it and how do i get rid of it?
it feels mushy, and i can scratch it off, but it doesn't come off as a solid piece.
another high res pic
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70013956/2015-06-17 11.55.42.jpg
u can see in that last pics on its on the backside of the tall pointy rock too, but while im at it, Im also curious what the little pointy things are on the rock to the right side in that picture aswell, is that stuff i should be plucking off? they are all over just that 1 rock.
thanks in advance guys!
Yes, I only every saw one in y tank so far. Everyone once in a while he shows up on the top of rock and spit out eggs or sperm into the water column.
cloak
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killinit123
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looks like a long spined urchin algae grazers good find in my opinion have one in my reef that came in on a piece of live rock also started about that size is now about the size of a softball
hogfanreefer
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I had 7 that came in my LR. They were about the size of a dime when I got them. Within a few months they were somewhere between a baseball and a softball. I was told they were rock boring urchins. They ate algae great but didn't discriminate between pest algae and coraline algae.
Do they have mostly spines on the sides and less on the top? Here's another pic of mine. I think he dug a hole in the rock that wasn't there before.I had 7 that came in my LR. They were about the size of a dime when I got them. Within a few months they were somewhere between a baseball and a softball. I was told they were rock boring urchins. They ate algae great but didn't discriminate between pest algae and coraline algae.
Identification Inquiry
Identification Inquiry
Hey folks,
What's the deal with these little guys? Found meandering around the tank, in and out of crevices. Sorry the picture is so crummy.
They don't seem to cause any harm to my corals, but I am still curious. Have had them in my tank for a few months.
Thanks!
Identification Inquiry
Hey folks,
What's the deal with these little guys? Found meandering around the tank, in and out of crevices. Sorry the picture is so crummy.
They don't seem to cause any harm to my corals, but I am still curious. Have had them in my tank for a few months.
Thanks!
cloak
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Some photos of hitchhikers that came in on my carribbean live rock.
Jewel box clam
Turkey wing clam
Didn't realize when I bought this live rock that half of it was clam. Interesting guys, makes me feel slightly better about the amount of debris in my tank.
Also dosing phytoplankton now. We'll see if they live.
Couple of shots of some kinda little stony coral things.
And here's a red chiton that came with a ricordea frag.
Jewel box clam
Turkey wing clam
Didn't realize when I bought this live rock that half of it was clam. Interesting guys, makes me feel slightly better about the amount of debris in my tank.
Also dosing phytoplankton now. We'll see if they live.
Couple of shots of some kinda little stony coral things.
And here's a red chiton that came with a ricordea frag.
Hey all,
I'm somewhat new and still learning. I did some research before posting and came up empty handed. I am not sure what this guy is.
The best I can describe it is as a type of seaslug or nudibranch. It has a round purple solid color on its back but other than that fairly plain. 2 slug/snail style antanne on the front.
This is my first hitchhiker and am unsure of the next step. Any and all help would be appreciated.
Thank you
I'm somewhat new and still learning. I did some research before posting and came up empty handed. I am not sure what this guy is.
The best I can describe it is as a type of seaslug or nudibranch. It has a round purple solid color on its back but other than that fairly plain. 2 slug/snail style antanne on the front.
This is my first hitchhiker and am unsure of the next step. Any and all help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Stomatella snail, harmless.
I've looked through most of this thread and didn't find an answer to my two curiosities... I know I have pineapple sponges, but these other two - one looks like it may be a dead coral frag and the other, I can't tell. The one in the top two photos appears to be attached to the rock by a tuber; it's shaped somewhat like a trumpet. The strawberry looking one is getting more colorful - I don't know if that's good or bad.
If someone could help ID?
If someone could help ID?
killinit123
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I've looked through most of this thread and didn't find an answer to my two curiosities... I know I have pineapple sponges, but these other two - one looks like it may be a dead coral frag and the other, I can't tell. The one in the top two photos appears to be attached to the rock by a tuber; it's shaped somewhat like a trumpet. The strawberry looking one is getting more colorful - I don't know if that's good or bad.
If someone could help ID?
the first two pics look like some sort of mushroom.. the second looks to me like either some sort of encrusting monti or a red planet, both are sps corals and is a good pick up if thats the case. also means your water quality is quite well if it is surviving. if its a monti I would say its a sunset monti. try looking that up and comparing.
