Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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Very interesting looking little crab guy. No idea how reef safe he might be. but a shot of his claws might tell you something by his claw shape.
Pineapple sponge
Hidden cup coral, Phyllangia americana.
liverock
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..from the gulf..tube coral....looks a lot like a cup coral..
take a look here
http://tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/organisms.html
Tiny critters in tank
Tiny critters in tank
Hey guys, sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this in but i recently found tiny critters in my sand bed. I've been running a 15 gal nano tank with two clownfish & rocks for about 5 months. They are a little larger than a grain of sand and slightly elongated. They have either translucent or brown bodies, its hard to tell because of their small size. I noticed them because I had a snail flipped over and saw they were covering him. I set him upright but suspect that he's dead. What could these critters be? Should I be trying to get rid of them? Any info helps a lot!
Tiny critters in tank
Hey guys, sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this in but i recently found tiny critters in my sand bed. I've been running a 15 gal nano tank with two clownfish & rocks for about 5 months. They are a little larger than a grain of sand and slightly elongated. They have either translucent or brown bodies, its hard to tell because of their small size. I noticed them because I had a snail flipped over and saw they were covering him. I set him upright but suspect that he's dead. What could these critters be? Should I be trying to get rid of them? Any info helps a lot!
cloak
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cloak
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It might be a Collonista snail. These often hitchhike there way into our tanks via live rock, corals etc.
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Hi everyone, I have a few hitchhikers I'm not sure about, even after going through this whole thread.
This guy opens and closes, and has a big thick rubbery looking foot. It doesn't move around.
Shot of it open.
And this thing might be a majano? It was on the live rock last night, and now it's on the floor of the tank and definitely moving, albeit extremely slowly. It has one little arm that's longer than the rest of it. Sorry it's not quite in focus. If you need a better picture I can scoop it out of the tank and try again.
Thank you so much!
This guy opens and closes, and has a big thick rubbery looking foot. It doesn't move around.
Shot of it open.
And this thing might be a majano? It was on the live rock last night, and now it's on the floor of the tank and definitely moving, albeit extremely slowly. It has one little arm that's longer than the rest of it. Sorry it's not quite in focus. If you need a better picture I can scoop it out of the tank and try again.
Thank you so much!
mokeyz
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This has nothing to do with sentimentality - many things wind up in local ecosystems that don't belong there like algae etc.. Take the above advice it is important.
TrenchToast
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WoW... digging that up ey? Well nothing gets flushed now just so you know.. anything that comes out of my tank now goes into the flower gardens for fertilizer.. If I could go back and delete that post I would but yeah we are on a lock out here after an hour or so.
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Hi everyone, I have a few hitchhikers I'm not sure about, even after going through this whole thread.
This guy opens and closes, and has a big thick rubbery looking foot. It doesn't move around.
Shot of it open.
And this thing might be a majano? It was on the live rock last night, and now it's on the floor of the tank and definitely moving, albeit extremely slowly. It has one little arm that's longer than the rest of it. Sorry it's not quite in focus. If you need a better picture I can scoop it out of the tank and try again.
Thank you so much!
Got a much better picture of the majano-lookin' thing. It's no longer moving. I think a starfish may have detached it.
Still not sure what the first guy is either.
Thanks again!
Hammer coral. LPS in euphyllia family. lucky you!Got a much better picture of the majano-lookin' thing. It's no longer moving. I think a starfish may have detached it.
Still not sure what the first guy is either.
Thanks again!
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That was my first thought but then I went "no way. It has to be something yucky." Thank you for the awesome news!
