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

[allendehl]

Help ID these minuscule creatures

Help ID these minuscule creatures

I apologize for the large pics but it was the only way to capture such tiny stuff.

Isopod?

Baby nasarius?

Baby worm? (bristleworm?)

If I am wrong and any of these needs to go, please let me know!

Thanks!

 

[Pandagobyguy]

I apologize for the large pics but it was the only way to capture such tiny stuff.

Isopod?

Baby nasarius?

Baby worm? (bristleworm?)

If I am wrong and any of these needs to go, please let me know!

Thanks!

Yes too the bristle worm and the baby nass
Not sure about iso

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[Pandagobyguy]

Are these feather dusters? They are just hanging in my sump

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Tubifex worms i tjink

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[Jscott0731]

Help identifying a few hitchhikers

Help identifying a few hitchhikers

Just bought a new rock (well kind of The. LFS forgot too ring Up the live rock with everything else. And told me not to worry about it perks of being a loyal customer) anyway there's a couple's zoos, softies and tube worms/feather duster's any help identifying please and. Thanks in Advance

 

[Rtdrumz]

Amazing how new stuff keeps coming out years later. What is this glowing in the center of the pic? Has antennas and moving.

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[PsychoticBeauty]

Nudibranch? (usually bad)

 

[Jscott0731]

Any hello on mine??

 

[Pandagobyguy]

Any hello on mine??

Pretty much agree with your ids... prob a paly/softie (kenya tree maybe?)/feather duster

All seem like great hitch hikers

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[Pandagobyguy]

Amazing how new stuff keeps coming out years later. What is this glowing in the center of the pic? Has antennas and moving.

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Hard to tell need better pic

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[NS Mike D]

This black (very dark green?? life is growing from my rocks over a sponge colony. Coral , algae, sponge other ?????

 

[Ron Reefman]

This black (very dark green?? life is growing from my rocks over a sponge colony. Coral , algae, sponge other ?????

Looks like a sponge I've seen in other tanks. It tends not to like the light. It should be harmless.

 

[Rak187Inf]

Any ideas?

Any ideas?

Found a bunch of these guys jumping off a piece of rock l bought earlier today. The rock is sitting in a bucket of tank water for now until I️ can ID of these are good or bad

 

[AlSimmons]

Amphipod. (good)

 

[mtwelch]

What are these hard tubed "worms"?

What are these hard tubed "worms"?

Please tell me what these are and if they are good or bad for my reef tank. Thanks for your help.

 

[jlmawp]

Please tell me what these are and if they are good or bad for my reef tank. Thanks for your help.

Looks to me like vermitid snails. They can be a nuisance to corals around them. They coat the area around them with slime to collect food, which aggravates the corals.

 

[Etoimos]

This is aiptasia, correct?

And these are bubble algae?

 

[Pandagobyguy]

This is aiptasia, correct?

And these are bubble algae?

Yup

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[mtwelch]

Looks to me like vermitid snails. They can be a nuisance to corals around them. They coat the area around them with slime to collect food, which aggravates the corals.

Thanks for your help. I'll keep trying to get rid of them

 

[w_r_ellis]

Hello! Newbie here, inherited a fairly mature tank. Couple of pictures, perhaps someone can help me identify?
First is maybe 1/2" across. Aptasia?

This is a little smaller, maybe 1/4".

My toadstool (name is Blob) is Loki g bad. He sometimes get at least 7-8" across, but has been molting and looking bad for about a week and a half. Not there is one finger that seems to be peeking up but the rest of him seems to be in poor shape. Other smaller toads seem to be doing fine, molting and getting bigger. Thoughts?

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[Pandagobyguy]

Both nuisance anems^

Mojano/Ball anem i think.

Haven't grown toadstool but browning out usually means nitrate too high

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