Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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FishysPlace
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I'll keep an eye on it and will try to get a better pic. I'd hate to have to destroy a critter I am unsure of.
dpgillespie
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Help ID'ing a couple of LPS please!
Help ID'ing a couple of LPS please!
In this picture, there are two corals, both are stonies. Any ideas?
Help ID'ing a couple of LPS please!
In this picture, there are two corals, both are stonies. Any ideas?
hogfanreefer
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One looks like a fungia, the other some type of brain?
Yes, maxi mini anemone. Nice little hitchhiker - great colors!
No, it should be fine.
Rob in Puyallup
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Hey Sexy... I'm envious.
New rock from TBS
New rock from TBS
Was wondering if I can get some help on a couple of hitchhikers and some sponge"?" on my new rock.
A brown legged hermit.. is he safe?
Is the snail a whelk or what?
Two different types of red sponge?
This is my second go round with this Biocube 14g. The first time I had a mantis sneak past me and just devastate my livestock. Tank ended up as a crab house with lots of dragon's breath algae that I sold to the LFS. From what I read this go round I am planning on limiting any crabs other than blue legs to the sump and possibly those too after the tank gets settled. Let them clean up for now though.
New rock from TBS
Was wondering if I can get some help on a couple of hitchhikers and some sponge"?" on my new rock.
A brown legged hermit.. is he safe?
Is the snail a whelk or what?
Two different types of red sponge?
This is my second go round with this Biocube 14g. The first time I had a mantis sneak past me and just devastate my livestock. Tank ended up as a crab house with lots of dragon's breath algae that I sold to the LFS. From what I read this go round I am planning on limiting any crabs other than blue legs to the sump and possibly those too after the tank gets settled. Let them clean up for now though.
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The hermit will be fine. It'll eat left over food. The snail is a nassarius - beneficial. The other two look like tunicates to me.
melissa_landry7
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Need helping IDing something on my mushroom rock. Just noticed it had a string coming out of it!
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Rob in Puyallup
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Late last year I set up a brackish water Opae Ula (Hawaiian Red Shrimp) tank. In it I put several pieces of live rock with very interesting results. In amongst the critters and algae that survived the transition from marine to brackish conditions is this green something that has grown a lot over the months.
Any idea what it is? At close up it has a very interesting texture not captured in this photo.
Any idea what it is? At close up it has a very interesting texture not captured in this photo.
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ReeferKimberly
Marley & Me
nope, those look like pineapple sponges, harmless
colortrilogy
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Couple more ids please 
Couple more ids please
Looks similar to the pineapple sponge just posted a few posts above???
And same algae in both shots below. Maybe Halimeda? Thank you.
Couple more ids please
Looks similar to the pineapple sponge just posted a few posts above???
And same algae in both shots below. Maybe Halimeda? Thank you.
colortrilogy
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THe more I look, the more I think the first pic is a pineapple. Still curious about the macro. I know it's still in it's formative stage and might be hard to id. It's funny, but all the interesting stuff has grown in my sump so far.
