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

[mlott132]

Well I guess I will cross my fingers that it makes it. The kids were excited to actually see some life in the tank. Along with the starfish, we got a small hermit crab about a quarter inch long.

 

[St.Pete_Reefer]

Manjo??

BIGGER

 

[St.Pete_Reefer]

Maybe a Ball anenome. I will take a better picture later and post for the super cool sushi girl!

 

[cincyjim]

No, those are vermetid snails.

I'm confused somewhat now. I have something that has about 5 translucent white tentacles/arms coming out of the live rock. The tentacles/arms are about 3 inches long and move about the rock itself, the mushrooms on the rock, and the sand. It doesn't appear to have a harden tube above the area where they come out though. They don't seem to be hurting anything. I thought I had a spaghetti worm. Do you think I have a vermetid snail? Is that type of snail bad? I can't get a picture because of where it is at. This is in reference to the pictures on #613 that lmsmith submitted. Thanks!!!

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I'm confused somewhat now. I have something that has about 5 translucent white tentacles/arms coming out of the live rock. The tentacles/arms are about 3 inches long and move about the rock itself, the mushrooms on the rock, and the sand. It doesn't appear to have a harden tube above the area where they come out though. They don't seem to be hurting anything. I thought I had a spaghetti worm. Do you think I have a vermetid snail? Is that type of snail bad? I can't get a picture because of where it is at. This is in reference to the pictures on #613 that lmsmith submitted. Thanks!!!

Sounds like a terebellid worm. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php

 

[Biocubehqi]

We have these maroon, pink, and clear/white tubes coming out of our rocks all over...

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[Sugar Magnolia]

Those ^^^ would be vermetid snails. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Manjo??

BIGGER

The pics are too blurry to tell if it's a mojano, but generally when they are that shape and that size it's a pest anemone. Mojano is a generic term for many pest anemones. I'd nuke it with some kalk slurry or a commercially available aiptasia removing product.

 

[cincyjim]

Sounds like a terebellid worm. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php

Thank you Sugar. I don't see a tube of any sort and I've only noticed the arms about 2 weeks ago. So maybe it is too early to tell what I have exactly. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if it ever gets a tube or something. The article really helped out and from what I gathered the terebellid worm isn't a bad thing to have in the tank.

 

[Biocubehqi]

Finally got a picture of our worm!
What kind of worm is this? It comes out at night, it grabs things and disappears again...
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[SushiGirl]

Thanks, Sugar!

Biocube, that would be a peanut worm, nice find. You seem to have lots of nice goodies in your rock!

 

[Biocubehqi]

Thanks sushi! I only have "aquatic environments" to shop at in the QC and got lucky they are a great place. So far the only "bad guy" we have found is that aiptasia and even then we only had 5 of them.
Don't know what I'd do without this thread! Probably drive myself crazy worrying over the little things.

 

[Moody636]

My dad found this grub looking thing in his sump today. It's maybe a quarter of an inch long and 2 centimeters wide. It also has what appears to be a brush on the "mouth" side. Any ideas?

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[SushiGirl]

Can't really see any detail. I'd guess either a peanut worm or a cucumber.

 

[Biocubehqi]

We found another new worm in our rock tonight. It looks like a Dalmatian! White body with black spots on it. Is this little guy safe?

 

[SushiGirl]

Probably a peanut worm.

 

[Biocubehqi]

Ok thanks. Just looked different than the one we saw last night... The other was almost pinkish? This one was bright white with black spots. Will look through more info on peanut worms! Thanks!

*questions like that come from noobs like me who sit for hours marveling over the little creatures that call our tanks home.* lol!

 

[LitiGATOR]

Saw this snail for the first time; tank is about three months old and he's not one of the snails I bought. I can only assume he has been in the live rock this whole time. It looks like a bee. Good, bad?

 

[SushiGirl]

Bumblebee snail. People pay for those LOL.

 

[LitiGATOR]

Sweet. Thanks SG