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

Sushigirl/nanoreef heaven

Thanks for the info. Im at a loss as to what they are eating as we dont feed our tank anything except regular water changes. Maybe about time to add a fish to control the population possibly a Goby?
 
Looking for ID on this one:


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This rock use to be nice almost bone white... Now it has some green growth on it.. but then this caught my eye.
 
I have not touched it yet. I don't remember seeing it when I put that piece of LR in my tank. It has been in there about a month. That whole piece was from my LFS and was fiji LR.

It went from an off white color to now a splatering of bright green/yellow algae.

I did spot feed it though with some zooplankyton just incase it is something.
 
I just wanted to thank all the people on this thread who have helped everyone (and myself) with questions. I am afraid if I name names I will forget some people, but you all know who you are. I only joined in June but this was the first thread I read entirely because I knew I could avoid so many questions. It was 'only' 28 pages then, now into the 40s but new members and new reef-keepers (and old too) you should really read this whole thing. It is by far the most helpful thread here (to me at least). Hitch-hikers make this hobby what it is for me. Sure I love coral and fish but every time I buy coral I attempt to buy it attached to rock because I know it will have extra goodies, even if they are sometimes bad.

The only real bad ones I have encountered are aiptasia and a polyclad flatworm so far but I would gladly take the bad just so I could have the good. I think everyone should avoid (unless you are seriously seriously spending tons of money on your corals and stuff) using dry rock and dips and everything else to nuke these little creatures. They are part of the system and the good far outnumber the bad. Of course this is just my own personal opinion and I have so far been lucky not to encounter something REALLY bad. I need to start a new tank simply for my extreme love of liverock and hitchers because I think I have more rock in this 10 gallon than water now. I am out of room for pretty much any more rock unless I just pile it up until the top.

Anyways, sorry for the rant. I just love the hitchers, they make this hobby so much more than just fish and coral. I know it's impossible, at least now, to completely replicate the ocean but I think the creatures play a huge part in making our tanks not just sanitized version of a "reef", they make it what it is. A piece of the ocean in our living room.

Thank you all for this thread, it is the best :)

(and if you change it to 50 replies per page in your control panel it's only 23 pages and easier to deal with, although you won't be able to play the "page claim" game) ;)
 
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ReeferKimberly said:
I just wanted to thank all the people on this thread who have helped everyone (and myself) with questions. I am afraid if I name names I will forget some people, but you all know who you are. I only joined in June but this was the first thread I read entirely because I knew I could avoid so many questions. It was 'only' 28 pages then, now into the 40s but new members and new reef-keepers (and old too) you should really read this whole thing. It is by far the most helpful thread here (to me at least). Hitch-hikers make this hobby what it is for me. Sure I love coral and fish but every time I buy coral I attempt to buy it attached to rock because I know it will have extra goodies, even if they are sometimes bad.

The only real bad ones I have encountered are aiptasia and a polyclad flatworm so far but I would gladly take the bad just so I could have the good. I think everyone should avoid (unless you are seriously seriously spending tons of money on your corals and stuff) using dry rock and dips and everything else to nuke these little creatures. They are part of the system and the good far outnumber the bad. Of course this is just my own personal opinion and I have so far been lucky not to encounter something REALLY bad. I need to start a new tank simply for my extreme love of liverock and hitchers because I think I have more rock in this 10 gallon than water now. I am out of room for pretty much any more rock unless I just pile it up until the top.

Anyways, sorry for the rant. I just love the hitchers, they make this hobby so much more than just fish and coral. I know it's impossible, at least now, to completely replicate the ocean but I think the creatures play a huge part in making our tanks not just sanitized version of a "reef", they make it what it is. A piece of the ocean in our living room.

Thank you all for this thread, it is the best :)

(and if you change it for 50 replies per page in your control panel it's only 23 pages and easier to deal with, although you won't be able to play the "page claim" game) ;)
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Saliva, they're great. They eat algae.
Worm, need a really clear closeup or detailed description. Are there holes in it anywhere? Also need to know if it's soft or reacts if you get near it, like retracting a little.
 
SushiGirl said:
Worm, need a really clear closeup or detailed description. Are there holes in it anywhere? Also need to know if it's soft or reacts if you get near it, like retracting a little.
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Yes Ma'am... Will do... (Hope you are feeling better)

I am headed home for lunch anyway. So that makes it good timing... :)
 
I am feeling better, thank you! No severe pain now. I have a few weeks left before I'm back to work and one more after that to lose the back brace. That will certainly limit my time here LOL.
 
worm5406 said:
Yes Ma'am... Will do... (Hope you are feeling better)

I am headed home for lunch anyway. So that makes it good timing... :)
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OK.. So it is hard and no movement. Skeleton maybe...

NO FLASH
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FLASH ON
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Funny how the algae looks with and without flash. There is the yellow/green algae in that pic too.
 
I believe this to be a baby Olive snail (currently smaller than a full-grown stomie), and from what I've read he's going to be a bad guy. Since I'm usually of the opinion the more snails the merrier (just thinking about it I've never purposefully removed any snail, fresh or saltwater) I wanted to get confirmation before I fish him out of the tank. :sad2:

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Olive snails are good for stirring up sand beds but will eat small snails and critters in the sand bed. You can feed them shrimp and bits of food to keep from exhausting everything from the sand and starving. They aren't harmful to fish or corals so up to you if you keep it.

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