Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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campese04
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Gagonzalez
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I just added some live rock from my LFS and looks like this hitchhiked along. Don't know if it's going to survive since I just placed my Live Rock in the tank but I guess you never know. My guess is it's a type of hammer coral? It's about 1/4" in diameter and started as a 1/2" blob of white stuff when I put the rock in. I think it kinda died and came back to life in the last 2 days. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Gagonzalez
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Also got a piece of rock with about 30 arms coming out of it (First 2 pics). And something that looks like a basket (Last pic). Can anyone identify/confirm these? I think the arms are Brittle stars but I have no clue on what the basket could be.
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dsdaley77
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G I would say the first two are indeed brittle stars but not sure on the third pic, kinda blurry
Gagonzalez
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Yea....It's very hard to take a good pic when it's that small. I'll try to post a better pic if I can.
Did you see the previous post? Would you agree with it being a Hammer Coral?
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Did you see the previous post? Would you agree with it being a Hammer Coral?
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dsdaley77
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Not sure if I would confirm Hammer but something in that group. there are so many its hard to tell so young and without the skeletal base. Could even be octopus coral as I had a piece come home from a rubble bin, only lasted 3 days but looked kinda similar.
dsdaley77
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After further look at pic 3 I would guess based on what I see and your description that might be a closed up aptaisia or a closed trumpet paly. Not sure though
SushiGirl
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Gagonzales, in the first pic does it have a hard skeleton under it? If you disturb it you should be able to tell if it does or not. If not, it might be a manjano (majano) anemone. A better pic top down would help or a pic with it closed up.
The arms are brittle stars, and in the last pic I can't tell. Any way to move the rock to get a better pic?
The arms are brittle stars, and in the last pic I can't tell. Any way to move the rock to get a better pic?
Gagonzalez
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It doesn't close up. Looks the same 24/7. It does not have any single tentacles. Every arm has 2 green dots on the tip and is shaped just like a hammer. Don't know how to distinguish a hard skeleton or not. What's the difference?
As far as the last pic, i can't get a better pic. It's the closest I can get with my dslr. It's very small and im pretty sure its a tunicate of some sort. If i scare it, it closes extremely fast. As fast as a feather duster closes when spooked.
As far as the last pic, i can't get a better pic. It's the closest I can get with my dslr. It's very small and im pretty sure its a tunicate of some sort. If i scare it, it closes extremely fast. As fast as a feather duster closes when spooked.
SushiGirl
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The skeleton should be a hard "branch" like you can see in this pic,so it should be attached to something sticking up from the rock.
Tunicates can shrink up a little when you get close to them, but they can't really close. Is that rock on the bottom where you can't temporarily move it close to the glass to get a better shot?
Tunicates can shrink up a little when you get close to them, but they can't really close. Is that rock on the bottom where you can't temporarily move it close to the glass to get a better shot?
Gagonzalez
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Now that I see a picture, It does have a small white base at the bottom. It is so small though, doubt it will survive the cycle. Actually looks very much like your reference pic with a much shorter base. I'll try to get a better pic of the basket thing when I get a chance and post it up again. May be a few days though.
Thank you Sushigirl! :wave:
Thank you Sushigirl! :wave:
devildog999
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Any idea what these are? Good or bad?
id this please
id this please
Hi, I have a hitchhiker crab of unknown species. It's currently in my sump, but I want to put some live rock in there and I want to double check that this would be okay in there. In general though, my roommate and I are just curious about it's species. Thanks!
id this please
Hi, I have a hitchhiker crab of unknown species. It's currently in my sump, but I want to put some live rock in there and I want to double check that this would be okay in there. In general though, my roommate and I are just curious about it's species. Thanks!
devildog999
That Guy
Would be fine in the sump, just make sure that if you go to put some of the LR into the tank at some point, he isn't attached to it.
Devildog: I'm looking at putting a couple small pieces of rubble rock in there, nothing large like I'm putting in the tank.
Sushigirl: I've checked that website multiple times, but I can't seem to figure out which one he is.
This is the only other one that turned out clear before I put him in the sump. All I know for sure, is that it took me two hours to dig him out of my rock.
Sushigirl: I've checked that website multiple times, but I can't seem to figure out which one he is.
This is the only other one that turned out clear before I put him in the sump. All I know for sure, is that it took me two hours to dig him out of my rock.
