any idea of what this is?
http://youtu.be/CGglhmPjq2E
http://youtu.be/CGglhmPjq2E
Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.
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cloak
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It's kind of hard to tell from those pictures, but it could be one of the unwanted spiders outlined in this link.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.htm
a few more here
a few more here
first is a growth, there is one with a thick truck that hides when there is light on it, this one hides when i poke it... Aptaisa?
second....here is a crab i found, Dont know how i missed him, he is big, Click on it and blow it up in my photobucket, youll see him great...
last, no pic...but in the am before house or aquarium lights come on, another thing growing, it has 4 longer skinny arms and goes to a trunk, once lights are on in house its gone...any ideas?
a few more here
first is a growth, there is one with a thick truck that hides when there is light on it, this one hides when i poke it... Aptaisa?
second....here is a crab i found, Dont know how i missed him, he is big, Click on it and blow it up in my photobucket, youll see him great...
last, no pic...but in the am before house or aquarium lights come on, another thing growing, it has 4 longer skinny arms and goes to a trunk, once lights are on in house its gone...any ideas?
cloak
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first is a growth, there is one with a thick truck that hides when there is light on it, this one hides when i poke it... Aptaisa?
second....here is a crab i found, Dont know how i missed him, he is big, Click on it and blow it up in my photobucket, youll see him great...
last, no pic...but in the am before house or aquarium lights come on, another thing growing, it has 4 longer skinny arms and goes to a trunk, once lights are on in house its gone...any ideas?
The top picture is definitely aiptasia. I'm not sure about the crab in the second picture. (sorry) Just to be safe though, you might want to try and capture that thing. It could start running a muck if you just leave it alone. (eating fish, invertebrates, corals)
Flashy Fins
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Anyone? Couple more pictures on the previous page.
Creature died in the small container I had him in, but I'm still curious.
cloak
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Flashy Fins
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Thank you!
Hard to see, but white (almost clear) worm type bug crawling on the center of the rock
Hard to see on my phone....amphipod or munnid isopod.
cloak
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So what is this on my snail anybody?
Can you cut blues and get another picture?
At first glance, it almost looks like a zoanthid, but I think it might just be a harmless feather duster.
Does it retract when you touch it?
Rob in Puyallup
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Looks a bit like caulerpa. I'd be happy with it.
Whatever it is, it's a macro algae. ;-)
Whatever it is, it's a macro algae. ;-)
bigehugedome
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Hello all.
Can you see the little tentacles on the back of my trumpet corals skeleton? I can't get a good picture because its growing on the backside of the coral. I assume its an aiptasia. I have had the coral for about 3-4 months and have not seen anything until yesterday.
I was thinking of taking the frag out and dipping the skeleton in a bowl of fresh water then I would squirt it with lemon juice. Then swish it in SW before putting it back in the tank. That way I won't hit the polyps with lemon juice in the DT. Makes sense??
Can you see the little tentacles on the back of my trumpet corals skeleton? I can't get a good picture because its growing on the backside of the coral. I assume its an aiptasia. I have had the coral for about 3-4 months and have not seen anything until yesterday.
I was thinking of taking the frag out and dipping the skeleton in a bowl of fresh water then I would squirt it with lemon juice. Then swish it in SW before putting it back in the tank. That way I won't hit the polyps with lemon juice in the DT. Makes sense??
Reefonaught
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Hey all,
Been searching the whole net for this, but so far, no luck. Maybe one of you old salts can easily make an ID for me? It's this black, net-looking stuff on my live rock: it's hard, and not at all slimy. About an inch square in the pic.
I broke some off by poking it with a toothpick, and then immediately regretted it as it drifted off (sank, mostly) to potentially colonize other areas of the tank.
Anyone know if it's anything to be concerned with?
Thanks!
Been searching the whole net for this, but so far, no luck. Maybe one of you old salts can easily make an ID for me? It's this black, net-looking stuff on my live rock: it's hard, and not at all slimy. About an inch square in the pic.
I broke some off by poking it with a toothpick, and then immediately regretted it as it drifted off (sank, mostly) to potentially colonize other areas of the tank.
Anyone know if it's anything to be concerned with?
Thanks!
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